Psalm 45/Notes/Phrasal.vv. 4-5.55794

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v. 4 – The constituents ה֝וֹדְךָ֗ וַהֲדָרֶֽךָ function as nominal adverbs, rendered by the CEB as comitative: "Strap on your sword, great warrior, with your glory and grandeur," and the JPS as manner: "Gird your sword upon your thigh, O hero, in your splendor and glory'," as we have preferred here.[1]

  1. ↑ See also the LXX's dative of manner τῇ ὡραιότητί σου καὶ τῷ κάλλει σου "in your bloom and beauty" (NETS), though the same two constituents could be interpreted as apposition to "your sword" in the Peshitta and certainly is by Saadia (see the grammar notes).