Psalm 16/Notes/Phrasal.v. 6.780687

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  • The phrase "delightful [ones]" (נְעִמִים) is probably short for "delightful places" (cf. ESV, NRSVue NIV, NASB95, KJV; so Radak: במקומות נעימים). The definite article (בַּנְּעִמִים) probably marks the phrase as a superlative: the most delightful places (so LXX: "in the most excellent spots" [ἐν τοῖς κρατίστοις], trans. NETS). For the use of the definite article to indicate a superlative, see JM §141j.