Psalm 7/Nouns

Nouns

Number

Definition Feature being studied	Occurrences Sections where this feature is present or absent	Clustering	Intersection	Connections	Structure
dual	בְּכַפָּֽי (v.4b)
plural	אֱ֭לֹהַי (v.2a), רֹ֝דְפַ֗י (v.2b), אֱ֭לֹהַי (v.4a), חַיָּ֑י (v.6b), בְּעַבְר֣וֹת צוֹרְרָ֑י (v.7b), לְ֭אֻמִּים (v.8a), עַ֫מִּ֥ים (v.9a), רְשָׁעִים֮ (v.10a), לִ֭בּ֗וֹת וּכְלָי֗וֹת (v.10c), אֱלֹהִ֥ים (v.10d), אֱלֹהִ֑ים (v.11a), יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב (v.11b), אֱ֭לֹהִים (v.12a), כְּלֵי־מָ֑וֶת (v.14a), חִ֝צָּ֗יו (v.14b), לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים (v.14b)	vv.10, 14		p//p: אֱ֭לֹהַי // רֹ֝דְפַ֗י (v.2), לִ֭בּ֗וֹת וּכְלָי֗וֹת // אֱלֹהִ֥ים (v.10cd), אֱלֹהִ֑ים // יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב (v.11), כְּלֵי־מָ֑וֶת // חִ֝צָּ֗יו לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים (v.14); s//p: נַפְשִׁ֡י // חַיָּ֑י // וּכְבוֹדִ֓י (v.6), בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ // בְּעַבְר֣וֹת צוֹרְרָ֑י (v.7ab), לְ֭אֻמִּים // לַמָּר֥וֹם (v.8), עַ֫מִּ֥ים // נִי (v.9ab), רְשָׁעִים֮ // צַ֫דִּ֥יק (v.10ab)

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Gender

Definition Feature being studied	Occurrences Sections where this feature is present or absent	Clustering	Intersection	Connections	Structure
feminine	נַפְשִׁ֑י (v.3a), זֹ֑את (v.4a), בְּכַפָּֽי (v.4b), נַפְשִׁ֡י (v.6a), לָאָ֣רֶץ (v.6b), בְּעַבְר֣וֹת (v.7b), וַעֲדַ֣ת (v.8a), לִ֭בּ֗וֹת וּכְלָי֗וֹת (v.10c), חַרְבּ֣וֹ (v.13a), קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ (v.13b), בְּשַׁ֣חַת (v.16b)			f//f: זֹ֑את // בְּכַפָּֽי (v.4), חַרְבּ֣וֹ // קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ (v.13); f//m: לָאָ֣רֶץ // לֶעָפָ֖ר (v.6bc), בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ // בְּעַבְר֣וֹת (v.7ab), בּ֣וֹר // בְּשַׁ֣חַת (v.16)

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Definiteness

Definition Feature being studied	Occurrences Sections where this feature is present or absent	Clustering	Intersection	Connections	Structure
definite article	לָאָ֣רֶץ (v.6b), לֶעָפָ֖ר (v.6c), לַמָּר֥וֹם (v.8b)			The determined nouns in v.6bc are parallel. There is a distant connection between these nouns (v.6bc) and the other determined noun (לַמָּרוֹם) in v.8b. All three nouns are prefixed with the ל preposition and refer to locations (ground, dust, high-place). The locations referred to in v.6bc are low, whereas v.8b refers to "the high place" (see below.

• v.8b. The definite article on לַמָּרוֹם may signal uniqueness and have a superlative sense ("the highest place").

This feature is considered relevant for this psalm.,

Pronominal suffixes

Definition Feature being studied	Occurrences Sections where this feature is present or absent	Clustering	Intersection	Connections	Structure
3ms	חַרְבּ֣וֹ (v.13a), קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ (v.13b), חִ֝צָּ֗יו (v.14b), עֲמָל֣וֹ בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ (v.17a), קָ֝דְקֳד֗וֹ חֲמָס֥וֹ (v.17b), כְּצִדְק֑וֹ (v.18a)	vv.13-18; absent vv.2-12			Gives cohesion to vv.13-18
2ms	בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ (v.7a)
1cs	אֱ֭לֹהַי (v.2a), רֹ֝דְפַ֗י (v.2b), נַפְשִׁ֑י (v.3a), אֱ֭לֹהַי (v.4a), בְּכַפָּֽי (v.4b), שֽׁוֹלְמִ֥י (v.5a), צוֹרְרִ֣י (v.5b), נַפְשִׁ֡י (v.6a), חַיָּ֑י (v.6b), וּכְבוֹדִ֓י (v.6c), צוֹרְרָ֑י (v.7b), כְּצִדְקִ֖י (v.9c), וּכְתֻמִּ֣י (v.9c), מָֽגִנִּ֥י (v.11a)	vv.2-6; absent vv.12-18			Gives cohesion to vv.2-6

This feature is considered relevant for this psalm.,

Suffixes as objects

Definition Feature being studied	Occurrences Sections where this feature is present or absent	Clustering	Intersection	Connections	Structure
3fs	וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ (v.13b)
3ms	וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ (v.16a)
2ms	בְּךָ֣ (v.2a), תְּסוֹבְבֶ֑ךָּ (v.8a)
1cs	הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי (v.2b), רֹ֝דְפַ֗י (v.2b), וְהַצִּילֵֽנִי (v.2b), שָׁפְטֵ֥נִי (v.9b)		beginning of first section (v.2) and middle section (v.9b)

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Subject change

Character Features

Ref.	Speaker	Addressee	Person	Subject/Agent	Object/Undergoer
2a	David	Yahweh	1	David	David
2b	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	David
3a	David	Yahweh	3	pursuers	David's נֶפֶשׁ
3b	David	Yahweh	3	pursuers	David's נֶפֶשׁ
4a	David	Yahweh	1	David	זֹאת
4b	David	Yahweh	3	אָוֶל	David's hands
5a	David	Yahweh	1	David	David's friend
5b	David	Yahweh	1	David	David's enemy
6a	David	Yahweh	3	enemy	David's נֶפֶשׁ
6b	David	Yahweh	3	enemy	David's life
6c	David	Yahweh	3	enemy	David's glory
7a	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	Yahweh
7b	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	Yahweh
7c	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	Yahweh
8a	David	Yahweh	3	עֲדַת לְאֻמִּים	David
8b	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	Yahweh
9a	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh	עמִּים
9b	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	David
9c	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	David
10a	David	Yahweh	3	wickedness	wickedness
10b	David	Yahweh	2	Yahweh	צַדִּיק
10c	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh	לִבּוֹת וּכְלָיוֹת
10d	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh
11a	David	Yahweh	3	David's shield	David's shield
11b	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh	יִשְׁרֵי־לֵב
12a	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh
12b	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh
13a	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh	Yahweh's sword
13b	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh	Yahweh's bow
14a	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh	Yahweh's weapons
14b	David	Yahweh	3	Yahweh	Yahweh's arrows
15a	David	Yahweh	3	the wicked	אָוֶן
15b	David	Yahweh	3	the wicked	עָמָל / שֶׁקֶר
16a	David	Yahweh	3	the wicked	בּוֹר
16b	David	Yahweh	3	the wicked	the wicked
17a	David	Yahweh	3	the wicked's עָמָל	the wicked
17b	David	Yahweh	3	the wicked's חָמָס	the wicked
18a	David	Yahweh	1	David	Yahweh
18b	David	Yahweh	1	David	Yahweh's name

This feature is considered relevant for this psalm.,

Scene change

The first part of the psalm (vv.2-6) ends down in the "ground//dust" (v.6). In the next verse, the scene shifts as Yahweh is called to "get up", "wake up, and ascend to "the highest place" to judge the peoples (vv.7-10). In vv.11-17, the scene returns to the ground, where Yahweh takes his place on the battle-field to enact the judgment he has decreed. The wicked dig holes//pits in the ground only to fall in them (v.16). The final word of this section is יֵרֵד (v.17b, "go down"). Yahweh's judgment thus brings a great reversal. While Yahweh is not yet up, David's life nears the dust (v.6). But when Yahweh rises to the highest place (vv.7-8), the wicked go down (vv.16-17).