Psalm 3/Notes/Grammar.v. 4.230314

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  • The prepositional phrase בַּעֲדִי in Ps 3:4 probably does not mean "around me" (NIV, NLT, NRSV) but "for me" (KJV, cf. LUT, EÜ, ZÜR) i.e., it "marks the intended recipient of the particular action. In English, this function is commonly conveyed by the preposition for" (Hardy 2022, 89-90).