5 {
"verseID": "Psalms.54.5",
"source": "כִּ֤י זָרִ֨ים ׀ קָ֤מוּ עָלַ֗י וְֽ֭עָרִיצִים בִּקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י לֹ֤א שָׂ֨מוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְנֶגְדָּ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃",
"text": "For *zārîm* *qāmû* against me, and *ʿārîṣîm* *biqqəšû* *nap̄šî*; not *śāmû* *ʾĕlōhîm* before them. *selāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*zārîm*": "masculine plural adjective - 'strangers/foreigners'",
"*qāmû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'have risen'",
"*ʿārîṣîm*": "masculine plural adjective - 'violent ones/ruthless ones'",
"*biqqəšû*": "Piel perfect 3rd person common plural - 'have sought'",
"*nap̄šî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my soul/my life'",
"*śāmû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they have set/placed'",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun used as singular - 'God'",
"*selāh*": "musical notation or liturgical direction"
},
"variants": {
"*zārîm*": "strangers/foreigners/enemies",
"*qāmû*": "have risen/stood up against",
"*ʿārîṣîm*": "violent ones/ruthless ones/tyrants/oppressors",
"*biqqəšû*": "have sought/pursued/attempted to take",
"*nap̄šî*": "my soul/my life/myself",
"*śāmû*": "they have set/placed/regarded",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods",
"*selāh*": "musical interlude/pause/lift up"
}
}