5{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.5",
"source": "נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃",
"text": "*neḥšavtî* with-*yôrədê* *bôr* *hāyîtî* like-*gever* without-*ʾĕyāl*",
"grammar": {
"*neḥšavtî*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am considered/counted",
"*yôrədê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - those going down to",
"*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern/grave",
"*hāyîtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become/been",
"*gever*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man",
"*ʾĕyāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - strength/help"
},
"variants": {
"*neḥšavtî*": "I am considered/counted/reckoned/regarded as",
"*yôrədê*": "those going down to/descending to",
"*bôr*": "pit/cistern/grave/dungeon",
"*gever*": "man/strong man/warrior/male",
"*ʾĕyāl*": "strength/help/vigor/power"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.6",
"source": "בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃",
"text": "Among-the-*mētîm* *ḥāpšî* like *ḥălālîm* *šōkəvê* *qever* who not *zəkartām* again and-*hēmmâ* from-*yādəkā* *nigzārû*",
"grammar": {
"*mētîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dead ones",
"*ḥāpšî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - free/set free",
"*ḥălālîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - slain/wounded/pierced",
"*šōkəvê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - lying in",
"*qever*": "noun, masculine, singular - grave/tomb",
"*zəkartām*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you remember them",
"*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they",
"*yādəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*nigzārû*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are cut off"
},
"variants": {
"*mētîm*": "dead ones/dead people/corpses",
"*ḥāpšî*": "free/set free/released/abandoned",
"*ḥălālîm*": "slain/wounded/pierced/profaned",
"*šōkəvê*": "lying in/resting in",
"*qever*": "grave/tomb/burial place",
"*nigzārû*": "they are cut off/severed/excluded"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.7",
"source": "שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*šattanî* in-*bôr* *taḥtiyyôt* in-*maḥăšakkîm* in-*məṣōlôt*",
"grammar": {
"*šattanî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have put me",
"*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern",
"*taḥtiyyôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - lowest parts/depths",
"*maḥăšakkîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dark places/darkness",
"*məṣōlôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - depths/deep places"
},
"variants": {
"*šattanî*": "you have put me/placed me/set me",
"*bôr*": "pit/cistern/dungeon",
"*taḥtiyyôt*": "lowest parts/depths/deepest regions",
"*maḥăšakkîm*": "dark places/darkness/gloom",
"*məṣōlôt*": "depths/deep places/ocean depths/abyss"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.8",
"source": "עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃",
"text": "Upon-me *sāməkâ* *ḥămātekā* and-all-*mišbārêkā* *ʿinnîtā* *selâ*",
"grammar": {
"*sāməkâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - rests/lies heavily",
"*ḥămātekā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wrath",
"*mišbārêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your waves/breakers",
"*ʿinnîtā*": "verb, Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have afflicted",
"*selâ*": "musical notation or liturgical direction"
},
"variants": {
"*sāməkâ*": "rests/lies heavily/presses/weighs down",
"*ḥămātekā*": "your wrath/fury/rage/burning anger",
"*mišbārêkā*": "your waves/breakers/billows",
"*ʿinnîtā*": "you have afflicted/humbled/oppressed",
"*selâ*": "musical notation, possibly indicating pause or emphasis"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.9",
"source": "הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃",
"text": "*hirḥaqtā* *məyuddāʿay* from-me *šattanî* *tôʿēvôt* to-them *kāluʾ* and-not *ʾēṣēʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*hirḥaqtā*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have removed far",
"*məyuddāʿay*": "noun, masculine, plural with 1st person singular suffix - my acquaintances",
"*šattanî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have made me",
"*tôʿēvôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - abominations/detestable things",
"*lāmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*kāluʾ*": "adjective or passive participle, Qal, masculine, singular - confined/shut up",
"*ʾēṣēʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I go out/escape"
},
"variants": {
"*hirḥaqtā*": "you have removed far/put far away/distanced",
"*məyuddāʿay*": "my acquaintances/friends/those who know me",
"*šattanî*": "you have made me/set me/placed me",
"*tôʿēvôt*": "abominations/detestable things/horrors",
"*kāluʾ*": "confined/shut up/imprisoned/restrained",
"*ʾēṣēʾ*": "I go out/escape/come forth"
}
}