Psalm 78/Diagrams/Placeholders/12

v. 12 - Preferred

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DiscourseUnit [v. 12]
      Fragment
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: עָשָׂה he performed
            Object
              noun: פֶלֶא miracles
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: נֶגֶד in front of
                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 in front of
                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. 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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