16{
"verseID": "Psalms.55.16",
"source": "*ישימות **יַשִּׁ֤י **מָ֨וֶת ׀ עָלֵ֗ימוֹ יֵרְד֣וּ שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים כִּֽי־רָע֖וֹת בִּמְגוּרָ֣ם בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃",
"text": "May *māwet* come upon them, let them go down to *šəʾôl ḥayyîm* because *rāʿôt* in *məgûrām bəqirbām*",
"grammar": {
"*yaššî*": "hiphil jussive, 3rd person masculine singular (alternative reading) - may he bring",
"*māwet*": "masculine singular noun - death",
"*ʿālêmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - upon them",
"*yērədû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - let them go down",
"*šəʾôl*": "proper noun - Sheol/the grave",
"*ḥayyîm*": "masculine plural adjective - living/alive",
"*rāʿôt*": "feminine plural adjective - evils",
"*məgûrām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition beth (in) - in their dwelling",
"*bəqirbām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition beth (in) - in their midst"
},
"variants": {
"*yaššî*": "may he bring/let him desolate",
"*māwet*": "death",
"*yērədû*": "let them go down/may they descend",
"*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/the grave/the underworld",
"*ḥayyîm*": "living/alive",
"*rāʿôt*": "evils/wickedness/misfortunes",
"*məgûrām*": "their dwelling/their habitation/place where they stay",
"*qirbām*": "their midst/within them/their inner parts"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Psalms.55.17",
"source": "אֲ֭נִי אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֶקְרָ֑א וַ֝יהוָ֗ה יוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃",
"text": "I, to *ʾĕlōhîm ʾeqrāʾ*, and *YHWH yôšîʿēnî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I",
"*ʾel-ʾĕlōhîm*": "preposition and masculine plural noun (divine plural) - to God",
"*ʾeqrāʾ*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will call",
"*wəYHWH*": "proper divine name with waw conjunction - and Yahweh",
"*yôšîʿēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he will save me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being",
"*ʾeqrāʾ*": "I will call/I cry out/I call",
"*YHWH*": "Yahweh/LORD",
"*yôšîʿēnî*": "he will save me/he rescues me/he delivers me"
}
}