1 {
"verseID": "Psalms.79.1",
"source": "מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים בָּ֤אוּ גוֹיִ֨ם ׀ בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ טִ֭מְּאוּ אֶת־הֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם לְעִיִּֽים׃",
"text": "*mizmôr* to-*ʾāsāp̄* *ʾĕlōhîm* *bāʾû* *gôyîm* in-*naḥălāṯeḵā* *ṭimməʾû* *ʾeṯ*-*hêḵal* *qāḏšeḵā* *śāmû* *ʾeṯ*-*yərûšālaim* to-*ʿiyyîm*",
"grammar": {
"*mizmôr*": "masculine singular noun, construct - psalm/melody",
"*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for/belonging to",
"*ʾāsāp̄*": "proper noun - Asaph",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun, used as singular - God/gods",
"*bāʾû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they came/entered",
"*gôyîm*": "masculine plural noun - nations/gentiles",
"*bĕ*": "preposition - in/into",
"*naḥălāṯeḵā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your inheritance/possession",
"*ṭimməʾû*": "piel perfect 3rd person plural - they defiled/made unclean",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*hêḵal*": "masculine singular construct - temple/palace",
"*qāḏšeḵā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your holiness/sanctuary",
"*śāmû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they placed/put",
"*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for/as",
"*ʿiyyîm*": "masculine plural noun - ruins/heaps"
},
"variants": {
"*mizmôr*": "psalm/song/melody",
"*ʾāsāp̄*": "proper name/possibly a musical guild",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being",
"*gôyîm*": "nations/gentiles/foreigners",
"*naḥălāṯeḵā*": "your inheritance/possession/property",
"*ṭimməʾû*": "defiled/made unclean/polluted",
"*hêḵal*": "temple/palace/sanctuary",
"*qāḏšeḵā*": "your holiness/your holy place/your sanctuary",
"*ʿiyyîm*": "ruins/heaps/rubble piles"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Psalms.79.2",
"source": "נָֽתְנ֡וּ אֶת־נִבְלַ֬ת עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ מַ֭אֲכָל לְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בְּשַׂ֥ר חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ לְחַיְתוֹ־אָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "*nāṯnû* *ʾeṯ*-*niḇlaṯ* *ʿăḇāḏeḵā* *maʾăḵāl* to-*ʿôp̄* *haššāmāyim* *bəśar* *ḥăsîḏeḵā* to-*ḥayṯô*-*ʾāreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*nāṯnû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they gave",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*niḇlaṯ*": "feminine singular construct - corpse/carcass of",
"*ʿăḇāḏeḵā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants",
"*maʾăḵāl*": "masculine singular noun - food/meal",
"*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for",
"*ʿôp̄*": "masculine singular construct - birds/fowl of",
"*ha*": "definite article - the",
"*šāmāyim*": "masculine plural noun - heavens/sky",
"*bəśar*": "masculine singular construct - flesh of",
"*ḥăsîḏeḵā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your faithful ones/saints",
"*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for",
"*ḥayṯô*": "feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - beasts of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - earth/land"
},
"variants": {
"*niḇlaṯ*": "corpses/dead bodies/carcasses",
"*ʿăḇāḏeḵā*": "your servants/your slaves",
"*maʾăḵāl*": "food/meal/something to be eaten",
"*ʿôp̄*": "birds/flying creatures",
"*šāmāyim*": "heavens/sky",
"*bəśar*": "flesh/meat/body",
"*ḥăsîḏeḵā*": "your faithful ones/your godly ones/your saints",
"*ḥayṯô*": "beasts/animals/living creatures",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Psalms.79.3",
"source": "שָׁפְכ֬וּ דָמָ֨ם ׀ כַּמַּ֗יִם סְֽבִ֘יב֤וֹת יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם וְאֵ֣ין קוֹבֵֽר׃",
"text": "*šāp̄ḵû* *ḏāmām* like-*hammayim* *səḇîḇôṯ* *yərûšālaim* *wə*-*ʾên* *qôḇēr*",
"grammar": {
"*šāp̄ḵû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they poured out",
"*ḏāmām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their blood",
"*kə*": "preposition - like/as",
"*ha*": "definite article - the",
"*mayim*": "masculine plural noun - water",
"*səḇîḇôṯ*": "feminine plural noun construct - surroundings of/around",
"*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not/there was no",
"*qôḇēr*": "qal participle masculine singular - one burying/burier"
},
"variants": {
"*šāp̄ḵû*": "poured out/shed",
"*ḏāmām*": "their blood",
"*mayim*": "water/waters",
"*səḇîḇôṯ*": "around/surrounding/environs",
"*ʾên*": "there is not/nothing/no one",
"*qôḇēr*": "one who buries/gravedigger"
}
}