Psalm 44/Notes/Verbal.V. 12.801000

• תִּתְּנֵנוּ ("you give us"): Paired qatal and yiqtol constructions can denote a general truth. The typically habitual value of the yiqtolcan be viewed as providing an overlapping circumstantial description to the qatal (Niccacci 2006, 257–58). Here in v. 12, being given over [as sheep] (תִּתְּנֵנוּ, v. 12a) and being scattered (זֵרִיתָֽנוּ, v. 12b) do not refer a single, isolated event, but rather a regular occurrence in the psalmist's current experience.
• זֵרִיתָֽנוּ ("you have scattered us"): Paired qatal and yiqtol constructions can denote a general truth. The typically habitual value of the yiqtolcan be viewed as providing an overlapping circumstantial description to the qatal (Niccacci 2006, 257–58). Here in v. 12, being given over [as sheep] (תִּתְּנֵנוּ, v. 12a) and being scattered (זֵרִיתָֽנוּ, v. 12b) do not refer a single, isolated event, but rather a regular occurrence in the psalmist's current experience. As such, the qatal זֵרִיתָֽנוּ focuses on the resultant state (i.e., God has caused a state of scattering), and no reference point movement is expected.