Psalm 44/Notes/Verbal.V. 13.906283
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
- תִּמְכֹּֽר ("you sell"): 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. 13, the act of selling (תִּמְכֹּֽר, v. 13a) and inflating [prices] (רִבִּיתָ, v. 13b) do not refer a single, isolated event, but rather a regular occurrence in the psalmist's current experience.
- רִבִּיתָ ("you have made"): 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. 13, the act of selling (תִּמְכֹּֽר, v. 13a) and inflating [prices] (רִבִּיתָ, v. 13b) do not refer a single, isolated event, but rather a regular occurrence in the psalmist's current experience. As such, the qatal רִבִּיתָ focuses on the resultant state (i.e., the price has not been inflated), and no reference point movement is expected.