Psalm 46/Notes/Phrasal.v. 11.795028

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V. 11 contains two prepositional phrases (for which also see the Grammatical Diagram above). In the phrase among the nations (בגוים), the preposition ב could be viewed as connoting “the sense of among (in the domain of), e.g. Mi 7 יָשָׁר בָּֽאָדָם אָ֫יִן there is none upright among men.”[1] The article in this phrase represents "totality of an identifiable group", i.e., the nations.

  1. ↑ GK§119i. Cf. “the idea of being or moving within some definite region, or some sphere of space” (GK§119h; BHRG §39:6 [1]).