Psalm 78/Notes/Grammar.v. 64.710118
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v. 64 – For the MT's qal תִבְכֶּֽינָה, both the LXX (= Gall.) and Syr. have the passive "be lamented."[1] The active is read in Jerome's Hebr., Symmachus, and most manuscripts of TgPs.[2] The niphal of בכה is never attested elsewhere, while the active verb makes most sense of the historical context of the wife of Phinehas in 1 Sam 4:19-22, who shows no signs of weeping.