Psalm 111/Notes/Phrasal.V. 1.278123

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  • The phrase בְּסוֹד יְשָׁרִים וְעֵדָֽה is epexegetical. The council of the upright (סוֹד יְשָׁרִים) and the עֵדָה (congregation = עדת ישרים) are probably co-referential.[1]
  • The adverbial whole-heartedly translates a Hebrew prepositional phrase (בְּכָל־לֵבָב). The phrase does not indicate instrument ("with all my heart") but mode ("with all my heart">>"wholeheartedly").[2] The phrase here might hint at the commandment to love YHWH with 'your whole heart' (בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥) (Deut 6:5).
  • The preposition in, although prefixed to 'council' (סוד), governs 'council' and 'congregation' (עדה).[3]
  • The council of upright people (סוֹד יְשָׁרִים) and the congregation (עֵדָה) are probably co-referential.[4]
  1. ↑ Cf. Prov. 5:14 — בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָֽה.
  2. ↑ Cf. Jenni 1992, Rubric 419. "...sondern in der Vollbedeuting 'Ganzheit / Vollständigkeit' als Qualitätsabstraktum dient... Die Modalisation mit כל לבב und ähnlichen Ausdrücken für das Person- und Willenszentrum kommt sachlich ganz in die Nähe der Ausdrücke wie בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם 'mit ungeteiltem Herzen' (cf. 2 Kgs 20:3)."
  3. ↑ So LXX: ἐν βουλῇ εὐθείων καὶ συναγωγῇ. Cf. JM 132g. See e.g., Ps 105:37 - וַֽ֭יּוֹצִיאֵם בְּכֶ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב. So Radak: כמו ובעדה.
  4. ↑ Cf. Prov 5:14 — בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה