7 {
"verseID": "Psalms.118.7",
"source": "יְהוָ֣ה לִ֭י בְּעֹזְרָ֑י וַ֝אֲנִ֗י אֶרְאֶ֥ה בְשֹׂנְאָֽי",
"text": "*YHWH* to-me among-*ʿōzəray* *wə-ʾănî* *ʾerʾeh* in-*śōnʾāy*",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh",
"*lî*": "preposition lamed with 1st person suffix - to/for me",
"*ʿōzəray*": "participle, masculine plural with 1st person suffix - my helpers",
"*wə-ʾănî*": "conjunction waw with 1st person singular pronoun - and I",
"*ʾerʾeh*": "imperfect, 1st person singular - I will see/look",
"*śōnʾāy*": "participle, masculine plural with 1st person suffix with prefix bet - in/among my haters"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōzəray*": "my helpers/those who help me",
"*ʾerʾeh*": "I will see/I will look upon/I will gaze at",
"*śōnʾāy*": "my haters/those who hate me/my enemies"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Psalms.118.8",
"source": "ט֗וֹב לַחֲס֥וֹת בַּיהוָ֑ה מִ֝בְּטֹ֗חַ בָּאָדָֽם",
"text": "*Ṭôb* to-*ḥăsôt* in-*YHWH* from-*bəṭōaḥ* in-the-*ʾādām*",
"grammar": {
"*Ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*ḥăsôt*": "infinitive construct with prefix lamed - to take refuge",
"*YHWH*": "divine name with prefix bet - in Yahweh",
"*bəṭōaḥ*": "infinitive construct with prefix min - from trusting",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article and prefix bet - in the man/mankind"
},
"variants": {
"*Ṭôb*": "good/better/preferable",
"*ḥăsôt*": "to take refuge/to seek shelter",
"*bəṭōaḥ*": "trusting/putting trust in/having confidence in",
"*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/humanity/person"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Psalms.118.9",
"source": "ט֗וֹב לַחֲס֥וֹת בַּיהוָ֑ה מִ֝בְּטֹ֗חַ בִּנְדִיבִֽים",
"text": "*Ṭôb* to-*ḥăsôt* in-*YHWH* from-*bəṭōaḥ* in-*nədîbîm*",
"grammar": {
"*Ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*ḥăsôt*": "infinitive construct with prefix lamed - to take refuge",
"*YHWH*": "divine name with prefix bet - in Yahweh",
"*bəṭōaḥ*": "infinitive construct with prefix min - from trusting",
"*nədîbîm*": "noun, masculine plural with prefix bet - in nobles/princes"
},
"variants": {
"*Ṭôb*": "good/better/preferable",
"*ḥăsôt*": "to take refuge/to seek shelter",
"*bəṭōaḥ*": "trusting/putting trust in/having confidence in",
"*nədîbîm*": "nobles/princes/generous ones/influential people"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Psalms.118.10",
"source": "כָּל־גּוֹיִ֥ם סְבָב֑וּנִי בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲמִילַֽם",
"text": "All-*gôyim* *səbābûnî* in-name-of *YHWH* because *ʾămîlam*",
"grammar": {
"*gôyim*": "noun, masculine plural - nations",
"*səbābûnî*": "perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person suffix - they surrounded me",
"*YHWH*": "divine name with prefix bet-shem - in name of Yahweh",
"*ʾămîlam*": "imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person plural suffix - I will cut them off"
},
"variants": {
"*gôyim*": "nations/gentiles/peoples",
"*səbābûnî*": "they surrounded me/they encircled me",
"*ʾămîlam*": "I will cut them off/I will destroy them/I will circumcise them/I will ward them off"
}
}