12{
"verseID": "Psalms.35.12",
"source": "יְשַׁלְּמ֣וּנִי רָ֭עָה תַּ֥חַת טוֹבָ֗ה שְׁכ֣וֹל לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "*Yəšallmûnî* *rāʿāh* *taḥat* *ṭôbāh*, *šəkôl* *lə*-*napšî*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yəšallmûnî*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they repay me",
"*rāʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - evil",
"*taḥat*": "preposition - instead of",
"*ṭôbāh*": "noun, feminine singular - good",
"*šəkôl*": "noun, masculine singular - bereavement",
"*lə*": "preposition - to",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul"
},
"variants": {
"*Yəšallmûnî*": "they repay me/reward me/recompense me",
"*rāʿāh*": "evil/harm/calamity/misfortune",
"*ṭôbāh*": "good/goodness/benefit/welfare",
"*šəkôl*": "bereavement/loss of children/childlessness",
"*napšî*": "soul/life/self/person"
}
}
13{
"verseID": "Psalms.35.13",
"source": "וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי שָׂ֗ק עִנֵּ֣יתִי בַצּ֣וֹם נַפְשִׁ֑י וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י עַל־חֵיקִ֥י תָשֽׁוּב׃",
"text": "*Wa*-*ʾănî* *ba*-*ḥălôtām* *ləbûšî* *śāq* *ʿinnêtî* *ba*-*ṣṣôm* *napšî*; *û*-*təpillātî* *ʿal*-*ḥêqî* *tāšûb*.",
"grammar": {
"*Wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾănî*": "1st person singular pronoun - I",
"*ba*": "preposition - in",
"*ḥălôtām*": "infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their being sick",
"*ləbûšî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my clothing",
"*śāq*": "noun, masculine singular - sackcloth",
"*ʿinnêtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I afflicted",
"*ba*": "preposition - with",
"*ṣṣôm*": "noun, masculine singular - fasting",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*təpillātî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon",
"*ḥêqî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my bosom",
"*tāšûb*": "imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it would return"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥălôtām*": "their being sick/their illness",
"*ləbûšî*": "my clothing/garment/attire",
"*śāq*": "sackcloth/coarse cloth worn in mourning",
"*ʿinnêtî*": "I afflicted/humbled/oppressed",
"*ṣṣôm*": "fasting/abstinence from food",
"*napšî*": "soul/life/self/person",
"*təpillātî*": "my prayer/petition/supplication",
"*ḥêqî*": "my bosom/lap/chest",
"*tāšûb*": "would return/come back/revert"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Psalms.35.14",
"source": "כְּרֵֽעַ־כְּאָ֣ח לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃",
"text": "*Kə*-*rêaʿ* *kə*-*ʾāḥ* *lî* *hithalāktî*; *ka*-*ʾăbel*-*ʾēm* *qōdēr* *šaḥôtî*.",
"grammar": {
"*Kə*": "preposition - like/as",
"*rêaʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - friend",
"*kə*": "preposition - like/as",
"*ʾāḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - brother",
"*lî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me",
"*hithalāktî*": "hitpael perfect, 1st person singular - I walked about",
"*ka*": "preposition - like/as",
"*ʾăbel*": "noun, masculine singular construct - mourning for",
"*ʾēm*": "noun, feminine singular - mother",
"*qōdēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - darkened/gloomy",
"*šaḥôtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I bowed down"
},
"variants": {
"*rêaʿ*": "friend/companion/neighbor",
"*ʾāḥ*": "brother/kinsman",
"*hithalāktî*": "I walked about/conducted myself/behaved",
"*ʾăbel*": "mourning/grief",
"*ʾēm*": "mother/female parent",
"*qōdēr*": "darkened/gloomy/in mourning attire",
"*šaḥôtî*": "I bowed down/stooped/was bent over"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Psalms.35.15",
"source": "וּבְצַלְעִי֮ שָׂמְח֢וּ וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ עָלַ֣י נֵ֭כִים וְלֹ֣א יָדַ֑עְתִּי קָֽרְע֥וּ וְלֹא־דָֽמּוּ׃",
"text": "*Û*-*bə*-*ṣalʿî* *śāməḥû* *wə*-*neʾĕsāpû*, *neʾespû* *ʿālay* *nēkîm* *wə*-*lōʾ* *yādaʿtî*; *qārəʿû* *wə*-*lōʾ*-*dāmmû*.",
"grammar": {
"*Û*": "conjunction - and",
"*bə*": "preposition - in",
"*ṣalʿî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my stumbling/fall",
"*śāməḥû*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they rejoiced",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*neʾĕsāpû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they gathered",
"*neʾespû*": "niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they gathered",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - against me",
"*nēkîm*": "noun, masculine plural - smiters/attackers",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yādaʿtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I knew",
"*qārəʿû*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural - they tore",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*dāmmû*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural - they were silent"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣalʿî*": "my stumbling/limping/fall",
"*śāməḥû*": "they rejoiced/were glad",
"*neʾĕsāpû*": "they gathered/assembled",
"*nēkîm*": "smiters/attackers/slanderers",
"*yādaʿtî*": "I knew/recognized",
"*qārəʿû*": "they tore/ripped/rent",
"*dāmmû*": "they were silent/quiet/still"
}
}