Psalm 78/Notes/Grammar.Vv. 5-8.672193

v. 5 – The plural antecedent of the suffix on לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם refers to both the עֵד֨וּת׀ and the תוֹרָה֮.

vv. 5-8 – For the continuation of the scope of למען, see Jerome's (Hebr.) ut "so that" at the beginning of vv. 6-8 (and, likewise, the ܕ in the Syr. vv. 6-7).

v. 6 – The Syr. seems to take יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ as part of the modifying phrase בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ (see ܒܢ̈ܝܐ ܕܡܬܝܠܕܝܢ ܘܩܝܡܝܢ "the children who are being born and remaining," Taylor 2020, 313). The accents make this interpretation unlikely, however, as well as "remaining" being a strange rendering of יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ.

For the compound predicate interpretation, see the discussion of the multi-verb predication at phrase level (see, e.g., the NIV: "and they in turn would tell their children," cf. DHH, GNT, NABRE, NJPS, RVC). While prototypically we would expect serial verb constructions to be asyndetic, waw-coordination is not unheard of (see, e.g., 1 Chr 22:16), and it is unclear what the "rising up" could mean if construed as its own verbal event (perhaps, "growing up," as the NET and SG21). While קום's role in serial verb constructions is well-documented in prose (see Andrason 2019), it is, admittedly, less common in poetry. Nevertheless, the agreement in person, number, TAM and polarity values support the serial verb reading. See also the omission in HaEdut: והבנים שיִיוולדו יספרו לבניהם.

v. 8 – For the alternative אֶל in place of the MT's אֶת־ in וְלֹא־נֶאֶמְנָ֖ה אֶת־אֵ֣ל רוּחֽוֹ see VTH vol. 4, 373 and de-Rossi, 53.

The Syr. understands רוּחֽוֹ as a dependent of the construct phrase אֶת־אֵ֣ל רוּחֽוֹ. Nonetheless, the parallel with the previous line's לִבּ֑וֹ as the grammatical object is preferred.