Psalm 24/Notes/Grammar.v. 10.959740

v. 10 – Regarding the phrase מִ֤י ה֣וּא זֶה֮, see grammar notes above for v. 8. Although interrogative clitics are widely attested for the demonstrative זֶה (despite the prosodic indications that this is not the case in v. 8), this would be a unique attestation of an independent pronoun compounding onto מִי זֶה for the same effect, and even falling in between: מִ֤י ה֣וּא זֶה֮! Rather, this construction should be understood as a tripartite copular clause, with the so-called pronominal copula הוּא. Further, the conjunctive accents between these three constituents, yet disjunctive on the clause-final זֶה֮, supports this reading. Compare the pattern found in צַדִּ֥יק ה֛וּא יְהוָ֖ה "The Lord is righteous" (Lam 1:18, NIV).^[1]

↑ Note that Targum Psalms contains the pronominal copula in both cases (cf. v. 8 above) as well as the demonstrative, דיכי, though differs here in providing the emphatic state מלכא יקירא in place of v. 8's absolute state מלך יקירא.

[1] Note that Targum Psalms contains the pronominal copula in both cases (cf. v. 8 above) as well as the demonstrative, דיכי, though differs here in providing the emphatic state מלכא יקירא in place of v. 8's absolute state מלך יקירא.

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