3{
"verseID": "Psalms.73.3",
"source": "כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑ים שְׁל֖וֹם רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃",
"text": "*Ki-kineti ba-holelim*; *shalom resha'im* *er'eh*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ki-kineti*": "conjunction + verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - for I was envious",
"*ba-holelim*": "preposition + article + participle, poel masculine plural - at/against the boastful/arrogant ones",
"*shalom*": "noun, masculine singular construct - prosperity/peace of",
"*resha'im*": "noun, masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*er'eh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I would see/I saw"
},
"variants": {
"*kineti*": "I was envious/jealous",
"*holelim*": "boastful/arrogant/foolish ones",
"*shalom*": "peace/prosperity/well-being",
"*resha'im*": "wicked ones/evil-doers"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Psalms.73.4",
"source": "כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃",
"text": "*Ki eyn chartzubot le-motam*, *u-vari ulam*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ki eyn*": "conjunction + negative particle - for there are no",
"*chartzubot*": "noun, feminine plural - pangs/bonds",
"*le-motam*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their death",
"*u-vari*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and fat/healthy/strong",
"*ulam*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their body/strength"
},
"variants": {
"*chartzubot*": "pangs/bonds/pains/torments",
"*motam*": "their death/dying",
"*vari*": "fat/healthy/robust/strong",
"*ulam*": "their body/belly/strength/might"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Psalms.73.5",
"source": "בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ אֵינֵ֑מוֹ וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃",
"text": "*Ba'amal enosh eynemo*, *we-im-adam lo yenuga'u*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ba'amal*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in trouble of",
"*enosh*": "noun, masculine singular - mankind/man",
"*eynemo*": "negative particle + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they are not",
"*we-im-adam*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and with humanity/mankind",
"*lo yenuga'u*": "negative particle + verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are not stricken/afflicted"
},
"variants": {
"*amal*": "trouble/labor/toil/hardship",
"*enosh*": "man/mankind/humanity (frail, mortal man)",
"*eynemo*": "they are not (archaic form)",
"*yenuga'u*": "they are stricken/afflicted/plagued"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Psalms.73.6",
"source": "לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃",
"text": "*Lachen anaqatmo ga'awah*; *ya'ataf-shit chamas lamo*.",
"grammar": {
"*Lachen*": "conjunction - therefore",
"*anaqatmo*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular + enclitic mem + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - it encircles them",
"*ga'awah*": "noun, feminine singular - pride",
"*ya'ataf*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it covers/wraps",
"*shit*": "noun, masculine singular construct - garment of",
"*chamas*": "noun, masculine singular - violence",
"*lamo*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to/for them"
},
"variants": {
"*anaqatmo*": "necklace/chain/encircles them (unusual form, possibly from root for 'neck')",
"*ga'awah*": "pride/arrogance/majesty",
"*ya'ataf*": "covers/wraps/envelops",
"*shit*": "garment/covering",
"*chamas*": "violence/wrong/injustice",
"*lamo*": "to them/for them (poetic form)"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Psalms.73.7",
"source": "יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃",
"text": "*Yatza mechelev eynemo*; *avru maskiyot levav*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yatza*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes out/comes forth",
"*mechelev*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from fat",
"*eynemo*": "noun, common dual construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their eye",
"*avru*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they pass over/exceed",
"*maskiyot*": "noun, feminine plural construct - imaginations/pictures of",
"*levav*": "noun, masculine singular - heart"
},
"variants": {
"*yatza*": "goes out/protrudes/comes forth",
"*chelev*": "fat/grease/richness",
"*eynemo*": "their eye/their appearance",
"*avru*": "they pass over/exceed/transgress",
"*maskiyot*": "imaginations/pictures/thoughts/desires",
"*levav*": "heart/mind/inner person"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Psalms.73.8",
"source": "יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּר֥וֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃",
"text": "*Yamiqu wida'bberu vera' 'osheq*; *mimmarom yedabberu*.",
"grammar": {
"*Yamiqu*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they mock/scoff",
"*wida'bberu*": "conjunction + verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they speak",
"*vera'*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in evil/with wickedness",
"*'osheq*": "noun, masculine singular - oppression",
"*mimmarom*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from height/loftily",
"*yedabberu*": "verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they speak"
},
"variants": {
"*yamiqu*": "they mock/scoff/deride (rare word, from root meaning 'to scoff')",
"*dabber*": "speak/talk/utter",
"*ra'*": "evil/wickedness/harm",
"*'osheq*": "oppression/extortion/violence",
"*marom*": "height/high place/loftily"
}
}