Psalms 88:1
{ "verseID": "Psalms.88.1", "source": "שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃", "text": "*šîr* *mizmôr* for-*bĕnê* *qōraḥ* for-the-*mənaṣṣēaḥ* upon-*māḥălat* for-*ʿannôt* *maśkîl* for-*hêmān* the-*ʾezrāḥî*", "grammar": { "*šîr*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - song", "*mizmôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - psalm/melody", "*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct of *bēn* - sons of", "*qōraḥ*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Korah", "*mənaṣṣēaḥ*": "participle, Piel, masculine, singular - director/chief musician", "*māḥălat*": "proper noun or technical musical term - possibly indicating instrument or melody", "*ʿannôt*": "infinitive construct, Piel of *ʿānâ* - to respond/afflict/sing", "*maśkîl*": "noun, masculine, singular - contemplative poem/skillful composition", "*hêmān*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Heman", "*ʾezrāḥî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - Ezrahite" }, "variants": { "*šîr*": "song/musical piece", "*mizmôr*": "psalm/melody/song with instrumental accompaniment", "*māḥălat*": "illness/sorrow/musical term", "*ʿannôt*": "to respond/sing/afflict/humiliation", "*maśkîl*": "contemplative poem/skillful composition/instructive psalm", "*ʾezrāḥî*": "Ezrahite/native/descendant of Zerah" } }