Psalm 17/Diagrams/vv. 4-5a.
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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 4-5a]
Fragment
Clause
Subject
pronoun: אֲנִי I
Predicate
verb: שָׁמַרְתִּי have watched>>have restrained
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="As for what people do">
Preposition
preposition: לִ to>>as regards
Object
ConstructChain <gloss="what people do">
noun: פְעֻלּוֹת deeds
noun: אָדָם human beings
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="by the word of your lips">
Preposition
preposition: בִּ by
Object
ConstructChain
noun: דְבַר word
noun: שְׂפָתֶי lips
suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
Adverbial
Clause
Subject
ConstructChain <gloss="my steps">
noun: אֲשֻׁרַ steps
suffix-pronoun: י me
Predicate
verb-infinitive: תָּמֹךְ hold>>persisting
Adverbial
PrepositionalPhrase
Preposition
preposition: בְּ in
Object
ConstructChain <gloss="your ways">
noun: מַעְגְּלוֹתֶי tracks>>ways
suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
Object
ConstructChain
noun: אָרְחוֹת ways>>behavior
noun: פָּרִיץ violent person>>violent