Psalm 89/Diagrams/Placeholders/11

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v. 11 - Preferred

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 11]
    Fragment
      Clause
        Subject
          pronoun: אַתָּה you
        Predicate
          verb: דִכִּאתָ crushed
          Object
            noun: רָהַב Rahab
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="like those who are slain">
              Preposition
                preposition: כֶ like
              Object
                noun: חָלָל slain one
                article: הֶ the <status="elided">
    Fragment
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: פִּזַּרְתָּ you scattered
          Object
            ConstructChain <gloss="your enemies">
              noun: אוֹיְבֶי enemies
              suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: בִּ with
              Object
                ConstructChain <gloss="your strong arm">
                  noun: זְרוֹעַ arm
                  noun: עֻזְּ strength
                  suffix-pronoun: ךָ you


Diagram Code 

 DiscourseUnit [v. 11]
    Fragment
      Clause
        Subject
          pronoun: אַתָּה you
        Predicate
          verb: דִכִּאתָ crushed
          Object
            noun: רָהַב Rahab
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="like those who are slain">
              Preposition
                preposition: כֶ like
              Object
                noun: חָלָל slain one
                article: הֶ the <status="elided">
    Fragment
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: פִּזַּרְתָּ you scattered
          Object
            ConstructChain <gloss="your enemies">
              noun: אוֹיְבֶי enemies
              suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase
              Preposition
                preposition: בִּ with
              Object
                ConstructChain <gloss="your strong arm">
                  noun: זְרוֹעַ arm
                  noun: עֻזְּ strength
                  suffix-pronoun: ךָ you

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Note for v. 11

  • "Rahab is one of the names in the OT of the chaos [sea] monster(s) (cf. also Leviathan, Tannin, Tehom, and Yam" (Spronk 1999, 684; cf. Isa 51:9-10; Job 26:12).

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Note for v. 11

  • The three-member construct chain in v. 11b is literally "the arm of strength of you." The second member of the construct chain ("strength") characterizes the first member ("arm") (= "arm of strength" >> "strong arm"), and the third member of the chain ("you") indicates possession ("your strong arm," so NIV, CEB, NET, cf. NLT, ESV, CSB, CEV, NJPS).


Note for v. 11

  • The phrase כֶחָלָל in the Masoretic Text has the definite article, lit.: "like the slain one." The article is generic, not referring to a specific or unique individual but rather to "a kind, species, or class" (Bekins 2017, 31; cf. IBHS §13.5.1f, who note that this use of the article is "especially common in comparisons"). Thus, "like those who are slain" (cf. the Peshitta which also uses the plural: ܐܝܟ ܕܠܩ̈ܛܝܠܐ܂). Note also that the same word occurs in the previous psalm (Ps 88:6): "just like the slain (כְּמוֹ חֲלָלִים) who are lying in the tomb."

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