Psalm 49/Diagrams/Placeholders/1

v. 1 - Preferred

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DiscourseUnit [v. 1]
      Fragment
        PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="for the music director">
          Preposition
            preposition: לַ for
          Object
            Nominal
              article: הַ <status="elided"> the
              verb-participle: מְנַצֵּחַ music director
      Fragment
        PrepositionalPhrase
          Preposition
            preposition: לִ by
          Object
            ConstructChain 
              noun: בְנֵי the sons of
              noun: קֹרַח Korah
      Fragment
        Nominal
          noun: מִזְמוֹר (religious) song >> a psalm 
  

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 DiscourseUnit [v. 1]
      Fragment
        PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="for the music director">
          Preposition
            preposition: לַ for
          Object
            Nominal
              article: הַ <status="elided"> the
              verb-participle: מְנַצֵּחַ music director
      Fragment
        PrepositionalPhrase
          Preposition
            preposition: לִ by
          Object
            ConstructChain 
              noun: בְנֵי the sons of
              noun: קֹרַח Korah
      Fragment
        Nominal
          noun: מִזְמוֹר (religious) song >> a psalm

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Note for v. 1

The superscription in v. 1 indicates that this psalm is by the Korahites.

Note for v. 1

The constituent למנצח is rendered as εἰς τὸ τέλος in the LXX ("Regarding completion"; NETS). The Pesh. instead has, "An admonition to all human beings [lit. ‘sons of man’.] that they should not place confidence in their riches." Here it is read as "for the music director" per discussion in Lamnaṣṣēaḥ. The ל preposition in this phrase can indicate "interest" or "advantage". Thus, based on inner- and extra-biblical evidence, it has been argued that למנצח should be read as "to be recited by the official in charge."

Note for v. 1

Further, given the subject matter of the psalm (meditation on life and death, and the place of riches in both), some have suggested that על־מות (“on death”) from Ps 48:15 should be part of the superscription of Ps 49:1. Transposed this way and placed after מזמור (“psalm”) in Ps 49:1, v. 1b could read as “a psalm concerning death.” Notably, על־מות in Ps 48:15 is read as "death" in Pesh. (ܡܢ ܡܘܬܐ/"beyond death"). Yet, this reading of על־מות in Ps 48 is not straightforward and is often taken as עלמות/"eternally." Such transposition, however, has no versional support and is not represented in modern translations.

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