Psalm 44/Notes/Lexical.V. 6.442046

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  • The meaning of נָבוּס: The LXX renders this term with ἐξουθενώσομεν "we shall despise" (NETS). Unlike other synonyms for trampling (e.g., דרך, רמס), the verb בוס typically denotes destructive action, accompanied with anger (TWOT, 96). This negative emotional component could help explain the LXX rendering.
  • The meaning of קָמֵינוּ: The participial form of קום, used as a substantival, can have the sense of "one who rises up, adversary, enemy, opponent" (DCH). The suffixed 1cp pronoun is equivalent in meaning to the preposition עַל, i.e., "[to rise] against" us (HALOT).
קָמֵֽי-נוּ ("those who rise against us"): Entity–interested (favoured/injured) party. While the semantics of the verb קום suggest a relationship of entity-direction (i.e., "those who rise up towards us"), the substantival participle is used figuratively to denote adversaries (SDBH). Hence, the construct relationship is that of entity-interested party (i.e., "those who rise up against us").