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v. 11

וַיִּשְׁכְּח֥וּ עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו
וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶרְאָֽם׃

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 DiscourseUnit [v. 11]
      Fragment
        particle: וַ and
      Fragment
        ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: יִּשְׁכְּחוּ they forgot
              Object
                Nominal
                  ConstructChain <gloss="his deeds">
                    noun: עֲלִילוֹתָי deeds
                    suffix-pronoun: ו him
                  Conjunction 
                    conjunction: וְ and <status="alternative">
                  ConstructChain <status="alternative">
                    noun: נִפְלְאוֹתָי wonders 
                    suffix-pronoun: ו him
                RelativeClause <status="alternative">
                  RelativeParticle
                    particle: אֲשֶׁר which
                  Clause
                    Predicate
                      verb: הֶרְא he showed
                      Object
                        suffix-pronoun: ָם them
                      SecondObject 
                        noun: <located="relative clause head">
          Conjunction 
            conjunction: וְ and 
          Clause 
            Predicate
              verb: שָֽׁכְחוּ they forgot <status="elided">
              Object
                Nominal
                  ConstructChain <gloss="his wonders">
                    noun: נִפְלְאוֹתָי wonders
                    suffix-pronoun: ו him
                RelativeClause
                  RelativeParticle
                    particle: אֲשֶׁר which
                  Clause
                    Predicate
                      verb: הֶרְא he showed
                      Object
                        suffix-pronoun: ָם them

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Note for V. 11

v. 11 – In light of parallels such as Mic 7:5 (כִּימֵ֥י צֵאתְךָ֖ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אַרְאֶ֖נּוּ נִפְלָאֽוֹת), we understand the relative clause to modify only נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו, limiting the syntax to only the second poetic line of the verse with the verb elided. Alternatively, qal ראה is found with עֲלִילָה in Ezek 14:22 (וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֖ם וְאֶת־עֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם), so עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו could also be included within the scope of the relative clause.

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v. 12

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DiscourseUnit [v. 12]
      Fragment
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: עָשָׂה he performed
            Object
              noun: פֶלֶא miracles
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: נֶגֶד before
                Object
                  ConstructChain <gloss="their ancestors">
                    noun: אֲבוֹת ancestors
                    suffix-pronoun: ָם them
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: בְּ in
                Object
                  Apposition
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: אֶרֶץ land
                      noun: מִצְרַיִם Egypt
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: שְׂדֵה region
                      noun: צֹעַן Zoan 
  


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 DiscourseUnit [v. 12]
      Fragment
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: עָשָׂה he performed
            Object
              noun: פֶלֶא miracles
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: נֶגֶד before
                Object
                  ConstructChain <gloss="their ancestors">
                    noun: אֲבוֹת ancestors
                    suffix-pronoun: ָם them
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: בְּ in
                Object
                  Apposition
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: אֶרֶץ land
                      noun: מִצְרַיִם Egypt
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: שְׂדֵה region
                      noun: צֹעַן Zoan

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Note for V. 12

For the apposition between the two locative phrases (despite the elision of the preposition בְּ in the second constituent), see the ancient versions duplication of the preposition.[1] On the appositional analysis of the second constituent specifying a detail concerning the first, see DHH's formulation: en la región de Soan, que está en Egipto "in the region of Zoan, which is in Egypt."

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Note for v. 12

v. 12 – Despite the possibility of selecting a plural form (see, e.g., פְּלָאוֹת in Ps 119:129), the singular פֶּלֶא has been interpreted as a collective in all the ancient versions and also in the modern translations checked (cf. Exod 15:11; Isa 25:1; Ps 77:12; 88:11, 13; 89:6)—indeed, Exodus 15:11 (עֹ֥שֵׂה פֶֽלֶא) is probably the literary influence for this recounting of the same events.


Note for v. 12

v. 12 – Despite the plural "fields" found in the Syr. (ܚ̈ܩܠܬܐ) and שדי in one medieval manuscript (see VTH, vol. 4, 373), the singular שְׂדֵה is intended, though seemingly to refer to the region, rather than a particular field as perhaps one would envisage "the field of Zoan."


Note for v. 12

v. 12 – Zoan (modern day Tanis; cf. the LXX, Jerome, TgPs) is about 20km north of Rameses (modern day Qantir), a store city that the Israelites are said to have constructed in Exodus 1:11. As well as its proximity to the Israelite activity and plausible setting for much of their labor, there may be a few other motivating factors for the mention of Zoan both here and in v. 43. First, "it served as the seat of the Egyptian royal court from 1070-725 B.C.E" (Leuchter 2006, 21), so may have provided further rhetorical force for YHWH's superiority on a level of international relations beyond Israel in the north, with his special elective favor on Judah/David/Zion. Second, the alliteration and (almost) assonance between צֹעַן and both צִ֝יּ֗וֹן (v. 68) and צֹֽאן (v. 70) is more striking than if another location had been mentioned (Leuchter 2006, 22).

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v. 13

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DiscourseUnit [v. 13]
    Fragment
      ClauseCluster
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: בָּקַע he divided
            Object
              noun: יָם sea
        Conjunction
          conjunction: וַ and
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יַּעֲבִיר cause to pass >> bring through
            Object 
              suffix-pronoun: ֵם them
        Conjunction
          conjunction: וַ and
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יַּצֶּב made stand
            Object 
              noun: מַיִם waters
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: כְּמוֹ like
                Object
                  noun: נֵד a heap
            Adverbial <status="alternative">
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: כְּמוֹ like
                Object
                  noun: נֹד a bottle <status="revocalization"> 
  


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 DiscourseUnit [v. 13]
    Fragment
      ClauseCluster
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: בָּקַע he divided
            Object
              noun: יָם sea
        Conjunction
          conjunction: וַ and
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יַּעֲבִיר cause to pass >> bring through
            Object 
              suffix-pronoun: ֵם them
        Conjunction
          conjunction: וַ and
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יַּצֶּב made stand
            Object 
              noun: מַיִם waters
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: כְּמוֹ like
                Object
                  noun: נֵד a heap
            Adverbial <status="alternative">
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: כְּמוֹ like
                Object
                  noun: נֹד a bottle <status="revocalization">

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Note for V. 13

For the alternative revocalization נֹד for the MT's נֵד, see the LXX's ἀσκὸν "wineskin," most plausibly from נאֹד/נֹד (see the same phenomenon in Ps 33:7).[2] Hebrew evidence for the reading נֹד is also found in the Babylonian manuscripts JTS 611 and 631.

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Note for V. 13

v. 13 – For the alternative revocalization נֹד for the MT's נֵד, see the LXX's ἀσκὸν "wineskin," most plausibly from נאֹד/נֹד (see the same phenomenon in Ps 33:7).[3]

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v. 14

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DiscourseUnit [v. 14]
      Fragment
        particle: וַ and
      Fragment
        ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: יַּנְח he led
              Object 
                suffix-pronoun: ֵם them
              Adverbial 
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בֶּ by
                  Object
                    article: ה <status="elided">
                    noun: עָנָן cloud
              adverb: יוֹמָם during the day
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וְ and
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: הִנְח he led <status="elided">
              Object 
                suffix-pronoun: ָם them <status="elided">
              Adverbial 
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בְּ by
                  Object <gloss="fire light">
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: אוֹר light
                      noun: אֵשׁ fire
              Adverbial
                Nominal <gloss="all night">
                  quantifier: כָל all
                  article: הַ the
                  noun: לַּיְלָה night 
  


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 DiscourseUnit [v. 14]
      Fragment
        particle: וַ and
      Fragment
        ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: יַּנְח he led
              Object 
                suffix-pronoun: ֵם them
              Adverbial 
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בֶּ by
                  Object
                    article: ה <status="elided">
                    noun: עָנָן cloud
              adverb: יוֹמָם during the day
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וְ and
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: הִנְח he led <status="elided">
              Object 
                suffix-pronoun: ָם them <status="elided">
              Adverbial 
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בְּ by
                  Object <gloss="fire light">
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: אוֹר light
                      noun: אֵשׁ fire
              Adverbial
                Nominal <gloss="all night">
                  quantifier: כָל all
                  article: הַ the
                  noun: לַּיְלָה night

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Note for V. 14

v. 14 – As a common noun, the article in בֶּעָנָ֣ן indicates the class reference "the cloud >> clouds," and can thus be rendered as generic and indefinite in English (see Bekins forthcoming).


Note for V. 14

v. 14 – Since הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָה is definite, the quantifier כָל informs the totality of the duration of the night, rather than distributive every night, just as we would expect in parallel with יוֹמָ֑ם (cf. the CEB's "all through the night").[4]


Note for V. 14

v. 14 – The construct chain א֣וֹר אֵֽשׁ communicates entity-source, i.e., the light produced by fire.

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v. 15

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DiscourseUnit [v. 15]
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יְבַקַּע he would split
          Object
            noun: צֻרִים rocks
          Adverbial 
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: בַּ in
              Object
                article: ה the <status="elided">
                noun: מִּדְבָּר wilderness
      Conjunction
        conjunction: וַ and
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יַּשְׁקְ provide drinking water
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: כִּ as
              Object
                Nominal
                  noun: תְהֹמוֹת oceans >> from oceans                 
                  adjective: רַבָּה abundant <status="alternative">
          Adverbial <status="alternative">
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: בִּ in <status="emendation">
              Object
                Nominal
                  noun: תְהֹמוֹת oceans
          adverb: רַבָּה abundantly 
  


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 DiscourseUnit [v. 15]
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יְבַקַּע he would split
          Object
            noun: צֻרִים rocks
          Adverbial 
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: בַּ in
              Object
                article: ה the <status="elided">
                noun: מִּדְבָּר wilderness
      Conjunction
        conjunction: וַ and
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יַּשְׁקְ provide drinking water
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: כִּ as
              Object
                Nominal
                  noun: תְהֹמוֹת oceans >> from oceans                 
                  adjective: רַבָּה abundant <status="alternative">
          Adverbial <status="alternative">
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: בִּ in <status="emendation">
              Object
                Nominal
                  noun: תְהֹמוֹת oceans
          adverb: רַבָּה abundantly

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Note for V. 15

v. 15 – For the preferred adverbial reading of רַבָּה as "much, a lot," cf. Pss 62:3 and possibly 89:8 (cf. BDB 913; DCH vol. 7, 385; GKC §132h n.2; CEB, DHH, ELB, ESV, EÜ, Luther 2017, NASB, SG21, ZÜR).

The alternative understands רַבָּֽה as modifying כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת, though the number disagreement is difficult, as there is no Hebrew manuscript evidence for the reading רַבּוֹת here. See the ancient versions for such an interpretation (cf. KJV, NJPS, RVC, TOB). For the alternative בִּתְהֹמוֹת for the MT's כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת see the Hebrew manuscripts in VTH vol, 4: 374 and de-Rossi, vol. 4: 53. For the adverbial reading of the latter "as from among the abyss," see the LXX, Jerome's Hebr. and the Syr.[5]

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Note for v. 15

v. 15 – Due to the lack of object suffix on וַ֝יַּ֗שְׁקְ, instead of "give [them] water to drink," the simpler gloss "provide drinking water" has been preferred (cf. "serve drinks" [DCH, 548] for the similarly object-less וְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ in Esth 1:7). Notice the variation between Jerome's Hebr. potum dedit "he gave a drink" and the supplied object of the LXX and Syr.[6]

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Note for V. 15

v. 15 – The article in בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר is probably identifiable to the reader as activated by the Exodus story, though it could also be generic class, as possibly the case of בַּצִּיָּֽה in v. 17.

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v. 16

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DiscourseUnit [v. 16]
  Fragment
    particle: וַ and
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יּוֹצִא he brought out
          Object
            noun: נוֹזְלִים streams
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: מִ from
              Object
                Nominal
                  noun: סָּלַע rock 
      Conjunction
        conjunction: וַ and
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יּוֹרֶד made flow down
          Object
            noun: מָיִם waters
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: כַּ like
              Object
                Nominal
                  article: ה the <status="elided">
                  noun: נְּהָרוֹת rivers 
  


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 DiscourseUnit [v. 16]
  Fragment
    particle: וַ and
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יּוֹצִא he brought out
          Object
            noun: נוֹזְלִים streams
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: מִ from
              Object
                Nominal
                  noun: סָּלַע rock 
      Conjunction
        conjunction: וַ and
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: יּוֹרֶד made flow down
          Object
            noun: מָיִם waters
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: כַּ like
              Object
                Nominal
                  article: ה the <status="elided">
                  noun: נְּהָרוֹת rivers

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Note for V. 16

v. 16 – The sense of נְהָרוֹת could be either simply fresh-water rivers or ocean currents (see, e.g., Ps 24:2; 89:26). The parallel term, נוֹזְלִים, also carries such ambiguity, as it is used later in the psalm to refer to the Egyptians' river(s) (v. 44), but also as the ocean currents in Exod 15:8, a text which seems highly influential on Ps 78. In the end, the gloss rivers has been preferred as thematically parallel to v. 44.

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Note for V. 16

v. 16 – For the probable Masoretic innovation on the article in כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת, see the discussion under v. 52 below. Even if the denotation of נְּהָרוֹת were the deep currents, apparently cosmically unique, these, too, lack the article when not preceded by a proclitic preposition (cf. Pss 74:15; 93:3; see further the discussion of Exodus 15 below).

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vv. 17-19

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [vv. 17-19a]
  Fragment
    particle: וַ But
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Predicate <gloss="they sinned against him again and rebelled against the Most high again in the desert">
              verb: יּוֹסִיפוּ they repeated
              adverb: עוֹד again
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לַ to
                  Object
                    Clause
                      Subject  
                      Predicate
                        verb-infinitive: חֲטֹא sin
                        Adverbial
                          PrepositionalPhrase
                            Preposition
                              preposition: ל against
                            Object
                              suffix-pronoun: וֹ him
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לַ to 
                  Object
                    Clause
                      Subject  
                      Predicate
                        verb-infinitive: מְרוֹת rebel against
                        Object
                          noun: עֶלְיוֹן the Most High
                        Adverbial
                          PrepositionalPhrase
                            Preposition
                              preposition: בַּ in
                            Object
                              article: ה the <status="elided">
                              noun: צִּיָּה desert
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וַ and
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: יְנַסּוּ they put to the test
              Object
                noun: אֵל God
              Adverbial <gloss="by their intentions">
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בִּ in
                  Object
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: לְבָב heart
                      suffix-pronoun: ָם them
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לִ by
                  Object
                    Clause
                      Subject  
                      Predicate
                        verb-infinitive: שְׁאָל asking for
                        Object
                          noun: אֹכֶל food
                        Adverbial
                          PrepositionalPhrase
                            Preposition
                              preposition: לְ for
                            Object
                              ConstructChain <gloss="their craving">
                                noun: נַפְשׁ throat >> craving
                                suffix-pronoun: ָם them
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וַ and
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: יְדַבְּרוּ they spoke
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בֵּ against
                  Object
                    noun: אלֹהִים God
  Fragment
    Clause
      Predicate
        verb: אָמְרוּ they said
  Fragment
    particle: הֲ ?
  Fragment
    Clause
      Subject
        noun: אֵל God
      Predicate
        verb: יוּכַל is able
        Adverbial
          PrepositionalPhrase
            Preposition
              preposition: לַ to
            Object
              Clause
                Subject  
                Predicate
                  verb-infinitive: עֲרֹךְ prepare
                  Object
                    noun: שֻׁלְחָן a table
                  Adverbial
                    PrepositionalPhrase
                      Preposition
                        preposition: בַּ in
                      Object
                        article: ה the <status="elided"> 
                        noun: מִּדְבָּר wilderness 
  


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 DiscourseUnit [vv. 17-19a]
  Fragment
    particle: וַ But
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Predicate <gloss="they sinned against him again and rebelled against the Most high again in the desert">
              verb: יּוֹסִיפוּ they repeated
              adverb: עוֹד again
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לַ to
                  Object
                    Clause
                      Subject  
                      Predicate
                        verb-infinitive: חֲטֹא sin
                        Adverbial
                          PrepositionalPhrase
                            Preposition
                              preposition: ל against
                            Object
                              suffix-pronoun: וֹ him
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לַ to 
                  Object
                    Clause
                      Subject  
                      Predicate
                        verb-infinitive: מְרוֹת rebel against
                        Object
                          noun: עֶלְיוֹן the Most High
                        Adverbial
                          PrepositionalPhrase
                            Preposition
                              preposition: בַּ in
                            Object
                              article: ה the <status="elided">
                              noun: צִּיָּה desert
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וַ and
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: יְנַסּוּ they put to the test
              Object
                noun: אֵל God
              Adverbial <gloss="by their intentions">
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בִּ in
                  Object
                    ConstructChain
                      noun: לְבָב heart
                      suffix-pronoun: ָם them
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: לִ by
                  Object
                    Clause
                      Subject  
                      Predicate
                        verb-infinitive: שְׁאָל asking for
                        Object
                          noun: אֹכֶל food
                        Adverbial
                          PrepositionalPhrase
                            Preposition
                              preposition: לְ for
                            Object
                              ConstructChain <gloss="their craving">
                                noun: נַפְשׁ throat >> craving
                                suffix-pronoun: ָם them
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וַ and
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: יְדַבְּרוּ they spoke
              Adverbial
                PrepositionalPhrase
                  Preposition
                    preposition: בֵּ against
                  Object
                    noun: אלֹהִים God
  Fragment
    Clause
      Predicate
        verb: אָמְרוּ they said
  Fragment
    particle: הֲ ?
  Fragment
    Clause
      Subject
        noun: אֵל God
      Predicate
        verb: יוּכַל is able
        Adverbial
          PrepositionalPhrase
            Preposition
              preposition: לַ to
            Object
              Clause
                Subject  
                Predicate
                  verb-infinitive: עֲרֹךְ prepare
                  Object
                    noun: שֻׁלְחָן a table
                  Adverbial
                    PrepositionalPhrase
                      Preposition
                        preposition: בַּ in
                      Object
                        article: ה the <status="elided"> 
                        noun: מִּדְבָּר wilderness

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Note for V. 17

v. 17 – The LXX's finite "they provoked the Most High in the waterless place" (παρεπίκραναν τὸν ὕψιστον ἐν ἀνύδρῳ) for the MT's infinitive לַֽמְר֥וֹת "to rebel" is likely stylistic, as there is no Hebrew manuscript evidence for the finite מָרוּ.

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Note for v. 17

v. 17 בַּצִּיָּֽה – See the note on בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר in v. 15.

Other notes for vv. 17-19

Note for v. 18

v. 18 – While בִּלְבָבָ֑ם could be understood as a metaphorical locative, i.e., "in secret" or the like (so Jenni 1992, 202), the following co-text makes this improbable. Thus, "mind, attention" (SDBH; NJPS) and even "intentions" (van der Merwe 2023) has been preferred, implying בְּ should be understood as instrumental. See, e.g., the NIV's "they willfully put God to the test" (cf. NET, TOB).


Note for v. 18

v. 18 – For lamed infinitive constructs such as לִֽשְׁאָל functioning as explicative > specification, that is, "by doing x," see BHRG §39.11.3.b.ii (cf. Exod 20:8; Judg 9:56; 1 Kgs 3:3; Ps 119:9).


Note for v. 18

v. 18 – Since we have preferred the gloss "craving" for נֶפֶשׁ, it follows that the suffix on לְנַפְשָֽׁם would communicate characteristic-possessor.


Note for v. 19

v. 19 – The function of בְּ in וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ בֵּֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים is one of social contact (BHRG §39.6.1.b.iii), while both וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב and אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל (see v. 21) are material contact (BHRG §39.6.1.b.i), though all malefactive, "against."

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v. 20

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 20]
      Fragment
        particle: הֵן Look >> since
      Fragment
        ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: הִכָּה he struck
              Object
                noun: צוּר a rock
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וַ and
          Clause
            Subject
              noun: מַיִם waters
            Predicate
              verb: יָּזוּבוּ gushed out
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וּ and
          Clause
            Subject
              noun: נְחָלִים streams
            Predicate
              verb: יִשְׁטֹפוּ flowed
      Fragment
        particle: הֲ ?
      Fragment
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יוּכַל he is able
            Object
              ComplementClause
                Clause
                  Predicate
                    verb-infinitive: תֵּת to give
                    Object
                      noun: לֶחֶם bread
                      adjective: גַם also
      Fragment
        particle: אִם or
      Fragment
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יָכִין he will prepare 
            Object
              noun: שְׁאֵר meat
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: לְ for
                Object
                  ConstructChain <gloss="his people">
                    noun: עַמּ people
                    suffix-pronoun: וֹ him 
  


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 DiscourseUnit [v. 20]
      Fragment
        particle: הֵן Look >> since
      Fragment
        ClauseCluster
          Clause
            Predicate
              verb: הִכָּה he struck
              Object
                noun: צוּר a rock
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וַ and
          Clause
            Subject
              noun: מַיִם waters
            Predicate
              verb: יָּזוּבוּ gushed out
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וּ and
          Clause
            Subject
              noun: נְחָלִים streams
            Predicate
              verb: יִשְׁטֹפוּ flowed
      Fragment
        particle: הֲ ?
      Fragment
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יוּכַל he is able
            Object
              ComplementClause
                Clause
                  Predicate
                    verb-infinitive: תֵּת to give
                    Object
                      noun: לֶחֶם bread
                      adjective: גַם also
      Fragment
        particle: אִם or
      Fragment
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: יָכִין he will prepare 
            Object
              noun: שְׁאֵר meat
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: לְ for
                Object
                  ConstructChain <gloss="his people">
                    noun: עַמּ people
                    suffix-pronoun: וֹ him

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Note for v. 20

v. 20 – On the function of הֵן to appeal to the common ground to set up a following speech act (in this case, the interrogative הֲגַם־לֶ֭חֶם י֣וּכַל תֵּ֑ת אִם־יָכִ֖ין שְׁאֵ֣ר לְעַמּֽוֹ), see Atkinson forthcoming ("הִנֵּה/הֵן constructions," in the Cambridge Grammar of Biblical Hebrew). Broadly considered a mirative particle, as per the gloss look, both הִנֵּה and הֵן vary on the mirative/surprising nature of their propositions.

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