Psalm 24/Notes/Grammar.v. 4.214318

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v. 4 – For the text and meaning of the construction *לֹא־נָשָׂ֣א לַשָּׁ֣וְא *נַפְשׁוֹ, see the exegetical issue, The Text and Meaning of Ps 24:4b. In short, we prefer the emendation of Codex Leningrad's נַפְשִׁ֑י "my soul" to נַפְשׁוֹ "his soul" and interpret the construction לָשֵׂאת נֶפֶשׁ לְ/אֶל as "to desire."