Psalm 37/Notes/Phrasal.vv. 21-22.288543

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The preposition מִ in מֵ-יְהוָה is a מִ of source (from YHWH >> by YHWH). Confer GKC §121f. "The efficient cause (or personal agent) is, as a rule, attached to the passive by לְ... less commonly by מִן (called מִן of origin=coming from), e.g. Gen 9:11... Ps 37:23..." For agentive מן in passive constructions, see also 2 Kgs 25.30/Jer. 52.34; Job 24.1 and 1QIsaª of Isa. 9.18 (מעברת יהוה צבאות נתעם הארץ), though the MT has בְּעֶבְרַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת נֶעְתַּ֣ם אָ֑רֶץ (which shows an overlap with instrumental בְּ).