2 {
"verseID": "Psalms.60.2",
"source": "בְּהַצּוֹת֨וֹ ׀ אֶ֥ת אֲרַ֣ם נַהֲרַיִם֮ וְאֶת־אֲרַ֢ם צ֫וֹבָ֥ה וַיָּ֤שָׁב יוֹאָ֗ב וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־אֱד֣וֹם בְּגֵיא־מֶ֑לַח שְׁנֵ֖ים עָשָׂ֣ר אָֽלֶף׃",
"text": "In-*haṣṣôtô* *ʾēt* *ʾăram* *naharayim* and-*ʾēt*-*ʾăram* *ṣôbâ* and-*wayyāšāb* *yôʾāb* and-*wayyak* *ʾēt*-*ʾĕdôm* in-*gêʾ*-*melaḥ* *šənêm* *ʿāśār* *ʾālep̄*",
"grammar": {
"*haṣṣôtô*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - when he fought/strove",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾăram*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*naharayim*": "proper noun, dual form - Naharaim (Two Rivers)",
"*ṣôbâ*": "proper noun - Zobah",
"*wayyāšāb*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he returned",
"*yôʾāb*": "proper noun - Joab",
"*wayyak*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he struck/defeated",
"*ʾĕdôm*": "proper noun - Edom",
"*gêʾ*-*melaḥ*": "construct chain - valley of salt",
"*šənêm* *ʿāśār* *ʾālep̄*": "cardinal number - twelve thousand"
},
"variants": {
"*haṣṣôtô*": "when he fought/when he struggled against",
"*ʾăram* *naharayim*": "Aram of the two rivers/Mesopotamia",
"*ʾăram* *ṣôbâ*": "Aram of Zobah",
"*gêʾ*-*melaḥ*": "Valley of Salt"
}
}