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*'''v.4a.''' Yahweh is referred to as יוֹ … </br>*'''v.4a.''' Yahweh is referred to as יוֹשֵׁב בַּשָּׁמַיִם (v. 4a). The verb ישׁב may refer figuratively to “reigning” (i.e., sitting on a throne). It appears a number of times in the phrase ישׁב על כסא (Ex. 11:5; 12:29; Deut. 17:18; 1 Sam 1:9; 4:13; 1 Kgs. 1:13, 17, 20) and may have a similar meaning even when the prepositional phrase (על כסא) is omitted (cf. Isa. 40:22; Zech. 9:6). The word order of this sentence (v. 4a) is marked; the subject (יוֹשֵׁב בַּשָּׁמַיִם) appears in the preverbal position as the dominant focal element of the sentence. By this, a contrast is intended: whereas the rebellion is led by earthly kings (2a: מַלְכֵי־אֶרֶץ), the one who is about to respond rules “in the heavens” (בַּשָּׁמַיִם).</br>*'''v.4b.''' Fokkelman's syllable counting (see below) leads him to conclude that אֲדֹנָי in v.4b should instead be the tetragrammaton. This single change makes for a number of syllables that, when divided by the number of cola, yields the exact integer 9.00.</br>ber of cola, yields the exact integer 9.00.
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