Psalm 44/Notes/Phrasal.V. 10.91376
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
- בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽי-נוּ ("with our armies"): Possession (concrete object)-possessor. While the construct relationship could be construed as part-divided whole (i.e., the portion of Israel's population that serves in the army), the broader context of the psalm suggests a corporate identification between the community and its army (see Exegetical Issue The Speaker of Ps. 44:5, 7, and 16). Thus, the emphasis would not be on the army as a distinct subset of the community, but rather as belonging to the community.