Psalm 78/Diagrams/Placeholders/34

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v. 34 - Preferred

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 34]
  Fragment
    particle: וּ then
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: דְרָשׁוּ they would seek
          Object 
            suffix-pronoun: הוּ him
      Conjunction
        conjunction: וְ and
      Clause
        Predicate <gloss="again look for God">
          Predicate
          verb: שָׁבוּ return
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וְ and
          Predicate
            verb: שִׁחֲרוּ looked
            Object 
              noun: אֵל God
            Adverbial <status="alternative emendation">
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: אֵל for
                Object
                  suffix-pronoun: ָיו him
      SubordinateClause
        Conjunction
          conjunction: אִם though >> whenever
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: הֲרָג he killed
            Object 
              suffix-pronoun: ָם them


Diagram Code 

 DiscourseUnit [v. 34]
  Fragment
    particle: וּ then
  Fragment
    ClauseCluster
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: דְרָשׁוּ they would seek
          Object 
            suffix-pronoun: הוּ him
      Conjunction
        conjunction: וְ and
      Clause
        Predicate <gloss="again look for God">
          Predicate
          verb: שָׁבוּ return
          Conjunction
            conjunction: וְ and
          Predicate
            verb: שִׁחֲרוּ looked
            Object 
              noun: אֵל God
            Adverbial <status="alternative emendation">
              PrepositionalPhrase
                Preposition
                  preposition: אֵל for
                Object
                  suffix-pronoun: ָיו him
      SubordinateClause
        Conjunction
          conjunction: אִם though >> whenever
        Clause
          Predicate
            verb: הֲרָג he killed
            Object 
              suffix-pronoun: ָם them

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Note for V. 34

v. 34 – For the compound predicate interpretation, see the discussion of the multi-verb predication at phrase level (as attested, e.g., in the NJPS: "and sought God once again" cf. LUT, NABRE, NIV, RVC). For the waw-coordination in a serial verb construction, see further, the note at v. 6. Here, וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ contributes the aspectual value of habituality/repetition (Aikhenvald 2018, 6). cf. the similar case in v. 41. Alternatively, וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ could be considered its own event, i.e., turning back (as the ancient versions and the ESV's "they repented and sought God earnestly").

For the alternative preposition אֵלָיו in place of the the MT's object אֵל "God," see the Syr. ܠܘܬܗ "to him" (cf. the NIV's "they eagerly turned to him again").

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Note for V. 34

v. 34 – For the temporal interpretation of אִם, see the versions' "when" (ὅταν, בזמן ד and ܡܐ ܕ; cf. BDB, who also cite a similar function in Gen 38:9; Num 21:9; Judg 6:3 and Amos 7:2).

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Note for V. 34

v. 34 – For the interpretation of the pseudo-coordination of וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל as mono-eventive, see the NJPS's "and [they] sought God once again" (cf. Luther 2017, NABRE, NIV, RVC).

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Note for v. 34

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It is possible to read all three of וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל as weqatals, such that they grammatically encode the expected habituality initiated by אִם ""whenever"" at the beginning of the verse.


Note for v. 34

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For the temporal reading of אִם, see the lexical notes.

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