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Within context, the irrigation likely maps to Torah as what enables flourishing.
שָׁת֪וּל עַֽל־פַּלְגֵ֫י מָ֥יִם (planted by streams of water)
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(Provision for those under the care of “the man”)
Provision for those under the care of “the man”
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יִתֵּ֬ן is not metaphoric itself, but when it takes פִּרְי֨וֹ as its object, the VP as a whole seems metaphoric ('yield fruit')
(does well, succeeds, is of benefit to others)
does well, succeeds, is of benefit to others
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within the metaphor, עֵת 'time' is interpreted as 'season'
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וְעָלֵ֥הוּ לֹֽא־יִבּ֑וֹל (and its leaf does not wither)
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תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ רֽוּחַ (the wind blows away)
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Pair of images that express fleeting strength, waning hope.
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My days are like an evening shadow. I wither away like grass.
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Evening shadow brings out the ephemeral nature of the withering
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Verb is ellided where “my heart” is the argument
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“My heart is struck down like grass and has withered” Not sure how to do the verb part
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Note this verb is not lexically specific to the plant domain (usually for striking/killing people)
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“My heart is struck down like grass and has withered”
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“He flourishes like a flower of the field”
כְּצִ֥יץ הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה (like a flower of the field)
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“Seed” in the sense of offspring, descendants is a recognized secondary sense of this BH term. It depends on the conceptual metaphor People are Plants. As a sec. sense, it is extremely conventional. [Pohlig].
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Like the grass of the roof (that) the east wind withers
כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגֹּ֑ות שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ
The grass that naturally grows on earthen rooftops will wither quickly under the hot sun
כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגֹּ֑ות שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ (same)
כֹּ֝֗ל שֹׂנְאֵ֥י צִיֹּֽון (All the haters of Zion)
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One who bind sheaves and carries them in the folds of his garment at his chest.
One who binds sheaves and carries them in his breast.
וְחִצְנֹ֥ו מְעַמֵּֽר (One who bind sheaves and carries them in the folds of his garment at his chest.)
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בָּנֵ֨ינוּ כִּנְטִעִים֮ מְגֻדָּלִ֪ים בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם
בָּנֵ֨ינוּ כִּנְטִעִים֮ מְגֻדָּלִ֪ים בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם (plants brought up from their youth)
(“Our sons”--a sign of blessing from YHWH)
“Our sons”--a sign of blessing from YHWH
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Is this really “prosperity” with children as one (key) component?
(their offspring, children, descendants)
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Note that this CM PEOPLE ARE PLANTS implicitly interacts with another CM, something like THE WIND IS IMPERMANENCE, which, in my humble view, is associated with THE WIND as a very common cultural model of impermanence.
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(May they be like) chaff before the wind, (the angel of YHWH driving [them away].)
A (likely conventional) simile introducing a metaphor based on the same CM: enemies are chaff, the angel is to drive them away. Driving them away on the wind is understood, because that’s how grain is winnowed."
כְּמֹ֥ץ לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ ((May they be like) chaff before the wind, (the angel of YHWH driving [them away].))
(A malediction of impermanence and destruction laid upon the psalmist’s enemies ")
A malediction of impermanence and destruction laid upon the psalmist’s enemies "
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בַּמְּרֵעִ֑ים בַּמְּרֵעִ֑ים (evildoers, wrongdoers (v. 1))
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.וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא (Like the green herb)
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Will fade like the grass, wither like green plants
Like.grass quickly they.wither And.like.green herb they.droop
כֶ֭חָצִיר מְהֵרָ֣ה יִמָּ֑לוּ .וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא יִבֹּולֽוּן
כֶ֭חָצִיר מְהֵרָ֣ה יִמָּ֑לוּ .וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא יִבֹּולֽוּן (Will fade like the grass, wither like green plants)
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Never used elsewhere for tree in the Bible (אזרח). Assumed to mean native “tree” from רענן. Native tree as opposed to transplanted tree (cf. Psalm 1)? Or wild tree vs cultivated tree?
כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃ (Like a luxuriant tree)
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Only other instance in Lam 4:21, “shamelessly exposing oneself”
(Immodestly flaunting [prosperity, success])
Immodestly flaunting [prosperity, success]
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Spreading himself out (?) like a luxuriant tree (cedar?)
And.spreading.himself like.native luxuriant
Metaphorized simile, if this sense of וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה is accepted. It’s a difficult passage.
וּמִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃ (Spreading himself out (?) like a luxuriant tree (cedar?))
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You planted them (in the land) (our Israelite ancestors)
נָטַע ‘to plant’ (of trees or vines); fig. use of peoples, shows up as secondary sense in lexica. I.e., this CM is incorporated into the lexical treatment of.this verb.
וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם (You planted them (in the land) (our Israelite ancestors))
God settled them in the land (God settled them in the land)
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You made them spread out, like growing trees.
Two instantiations in the verse of the same CM. See Psalm 80:8-13, 15-16 (?) for more examples."
וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם (You made them spread out, like growing trees.)
(You made them flourish like trees. You multiplied them in the land and made them take control of it. ")
You made them flourish like trees. You multiplied them in the land and made them take control of it. "
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Misleading English translation ‘in the house of YHWH’, tho. This suggests an olive tree in the structure of the Temple itself, whereas it’s really in the Temple precincts, the Temple gardens.
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He will uproot you (from the land of the living)
וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ (He will uproot you (from the land of the living))
(God will permanently remove the wicked)
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Although v.7 only has the verb with attached pronouns, I’ve also included the mapped elements for the subject and object that are invoked by this metaphor
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בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמֹו־חַ֥י כְּמֹו־חָ֝רֹ֗ון יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ
All commentators acknowledge this to be a very difficult line. Ross translates, “Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns, both green and burning, they shall be whirled away.” There is a possible allusion here to imaging the wicked as thorns. This is why I have cited this line. Prominence is set to 1, assuming the sense of ‘before their thorns ripen in bramble’ (Alter).
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Riches bear fruit: riches increase, same word is also used in Psalm 92:15, same word also occurs in Proverbs 10:31, and Zec 9:17
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The verb צוּץ (BDB) ציץ (HALOT) denotes ‘blossom’, then ‘shine, sparkle, gleam’. It is not simply the case that this verb has these different senses, for these different notions overlap regardless of the specific verb used.
וְיָצִ֥יצוּ מֵ֝עִ֗יר (May they blossom forth from the cities)
(May [people] blossom forth from the cit[ies] like the grass of the land.)
May [people] blossom forth from the cit[ies] like the grass of the land.
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3ms.will-sprout in-his-days righteous-one
A common metaphor for a person or a nation to prosper, in this case, the king. HALOT prefers to view all such collocations as expressing metaphor instead of as lexical secondary senses. I should also note the resemblance of פרח ‘sprout’ to פָּרָה ‘blossom’. These are different verbs, but one can allude to the other. Moreover, there is heavy semantic overlap of the BH notion of sprouting and blossoming with the notion of joy (see Malul 2002:150 ftnt 98).
יִֽפְרַח־בְּיָמָ֥יו צַדִּ֑יק (will sprout/flourish)
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וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָ (took deep root)
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פִּנִּ֥יתָ לְפָנֶ֑יהָ (cleared (the ground))
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וַתְּמַלֵּא־אָֽרֶץ ((vine) filled the land)
((Israel) conquered, became established)
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V. 6 continues to elaborate on the transitoriness of the grass.
(Mankind is swept away by God as easily and quickly as is grass.)
Mankind is swept away by God as easily and quickly as is grass.
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כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן (cedar of Lebanon)
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means the whole compound, not just the building
שְׁ֭תוּלִים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה (planted in the house of the LORD)
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(unexpressed) (succeed, prosper, be full of life)
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... שְׁתוּלִים ... בְּחַצְר֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ
confirms the plants are not planted in the building
... שְׁתוּלִים ... בְּחַצְר֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ ((planted) in the courts of our God)
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(multiply, become profuse, powerful, influential, successful)
multiply, become profuse, powerful, influential, successful
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לְהִשָּֽׁמְדָ֥ם (destroyed (like a plant))
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