Psalm 89/Diagrams/Placeholders/40

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v. 40 - Preferred

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DiscourseUnit [v. 40]
    Fragment
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: נֵאַרְתָּה you have renounced
          Object
            ConstructChain <gloss="the covenant with your servant">
              noun: בְּרִית covenant
              noun: עַבְדֶּ servant
              suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
    Fragment
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: חִלַּלְתָּ you have thrown as something profane
          Object
            ConstructChain <gloss="his crown">
              noun: נִזְר crown
              suffix-pronoun: וֹ him
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="down to the ground">
              Preposition
                preposition: לָ towards
              Object
                noun: אָרֶץ earth
                article: הָ the <status="elided">


Diagram Code 

 DiscourseUnit [v. 40]
    Fragment
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: נֵאַרְתָּה you have renounced
          Object
            ConstructChain <gloss="the covenant with your servant">
              noun: בְּרִית covenant
              noun: עַבְדֶּ servant
              suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
    Fragment
      Clause
        Predicate
          verb: חִלַּלְתָּ you have thrown as something profane
          Object
            ConstructChain <gloss="his crown">
              noun: נִזְר crown
              suffix-pronoun: וֹ him
          Adverbial
            PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="down to the ground">
              Preposition
                preposition: לָ towards
              Object
                noun: אָרֶץ earth
                article: הָ the <status="elided">

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Note for v. 40

  • Note the unusual long spelling of נֵאַרְתָּה (instead of נֵאַרְתָּ) (cf. JM §121f, who notes that the long form occurs "sporadically for no apparent reason").

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Note for v. 40

  • "repudiate" (so HALOT; cf. Lam 2:7 [also collocated with זנח]). Cf. LXX: "you renounced (κατέστρεψας) the covenant" (trans. NETS).

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Note for v. 40

  • The phrase לָאָרֶץ, which occurs in v. 40 and v. 45, means "down to the ground" (HALOT; cf. Pss 7:6; 143:3; esp. Ps 74:7—לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ). In v. 40, it implies some verb of motion. Some translations add a verb of motion in addition to the abstract verb "profaned" (חלל). See e.g., KJV: "thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground" (KJV). So Radak: חללת אותו והפלת אותו לארץ. But it is also possible that motion is implied in the verb "profane" itself. See e.g., Ezek 28:16—"I cast you as a profane thing (וָאֶחַלֶּלְךָ) from the mountain of God (מֵהַר אֱלֹהִים)" (NRSV).


Note for v. 40

  • The construct chain בְּרִית עַבְדֶּךָ ("the covenant of your servant") is probably elliptical for בְּרִיתְךָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ ("your covenant with your servant") (e.g., Jer 33:21 בְּרִיתִי … אֶת־דָּוִד עַבְדִּי; cf. בְּרִית אֲבֹתֶיךָ in Deut 4:31; cf. Targum: קיים דעם עבדך).

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