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04:49, 6 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 2.377204 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 2 |Text='''v. 2a''' – For the MT's כַּשֶּׁ֤מֶן הַטּ֨וֹב׀, the LXX simply reads ὡς μύρον "like perfume" (NETS).<ref>Though Symmachus also contains ὡς τὸ μύρον, it is modified by τὸ κάλλιστον "the best," indicating the lexical correspondence of שֶׁמֶן to μύρον, such that the LXX simply seems to lack the adjective. Perhaps in light of this interpretation, a number...")
04:33, 6 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 1.215346 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1c''' – For further discussion of the meaning of גַּם in the phrase שֶׁ֖בֶת אַחִ֣ים גַּם־יָֽחַד, see the following exegetical issue: https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/The_Meaning_of_שֶ%D7%81בֶת_אַח%D6%B4ים_גַ%D6%BCם_יָחַד_in_Ps_133:1. }}")
04:04, 6 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 1.501903 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1c''' – For further discussion of the meaning of גַּם in the phrase שֶׁ֖בֶת אַחִ֣ים גַּם־יָֽחַד, see the following exegetical issue: https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/The_Meaning_of_שֶ%D7%81בֶת_אַח%D6%B4ים_גַ%D6%BCם_יָחַד_in_Ps_133:1. }}")
09:51, 5 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page The Text and Participants of Ps 78:28, 63-64 (Created page with "=Introduction= The Masoretic Text of Ps 78:28, 63-64 read as follows:<ref>Text from [https://hb.openscriptures.org/read/ OSHB].</ref> וַ֭יְבִיאֵם אֶל־גְּב֣וּל קָדְשׁ֑וֹ הַר־זֶ֝֗ה קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֽוֹ׃ Translations differ on the function of זֶה in this verse, as illustrated by the KJV and ESV, respectively: * And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to '''this''' mountain, which his right hand...")
08:37, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 3.846227 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 3 |Text='''v. 3b''' – The verb צוה can carry the sense of "send," when followed by the object of people, but also objects such as “blessing" (see also Lev 25:21; Deut 28:8; HALOT, 1011). }}")
08:08, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Phrasal.v. 3.581367 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 3 |Text='''v. 3b-c''' – The article on הַבְּרָכָ֑ה anticipates the specific nature as spelled out by the following apposition, in which "The second member specifies the substance of the first member" (BHRG §29.3).<ref>As commented by Ḥakham regarding the "life everlasting": "זאת הברכה שצוה ה׳ בציון" (This is the blessing which God appointed in Zion"; 1979, 479).</ref> Alternatively, the ble...")
08:05, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Phrasal.v. 2.381669 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 2 |Text='''v. 2a''' – The definite article found on הָרֹ֗אשׁ and הַזָּקָ֥ן, while later specified by the appositive זְקַֽן־אַהֲרֹ֑ן "the beard of Aaron," could also be interpreted as kind reference (i.e., "generic,"),<ref>See Bekins, P. 2025. "Determination by means of the Definite Article," in The Cambridge Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers & University of Cambrid...")
08:04, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Phrasal.v. 2.46818 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 2 |Text='''v. 2a''' – The definite article on כַּשֶּׁ֤מֶן הַטּ֨וֹב׀ is further specified by the modifier עַל־הָרֹ֗אשׁ, i.e., that of anointing.<ref>See, e.g., the relative modification in the Syr. ܐܝܟ ܡܫܚܐ ܕܢܚܬ ܥܠ ܪܝܫܐ "like the oil that was running down" (Taylor 2020, 559) and TgPs כמשח טב דמתרק על רישא "like fine oil that is poured upon the head" (Stec 20...")
08:03, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Phrasal.v. 1.293947 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1b''' – For the pair טוֹב and נָעִים, see also Ps 135:3; 147:1 and Job 36:11. The first two of these refer explicitly to God and his "name,"<ref>They read הַֽ֭לְלוּ־יָהּ כִּי־ט֣וֹב יְהוָ֑ה זַמְּר֥וּ לִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹ כִּ֣י נָעִֽים׃ "Praise Yah, because YHWH is good (טוֹב); sing praise to his name, because it is lovely (נָעִים)" (135:...")
08:02, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Phrasal.v. 1.76162 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1a''' – As is typical in the superscriptions of the Psalms, the ל preceding a proper noun indicates authorship (see, e.g., the arguments in https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/Ledavid). <ref>Though absent in TgPs, the presence of לדוד is attested as early as Qumran, as read in 11Q5 and 11Q6.</ref> }}")
05:58, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Phrasal.v. 1.66485 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1a''' – The definite article on הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת indicates the specific song of the specific ascents of the pilgrims to Jerusalem, as consistent superscriptions of the entire collection of Pss 120-134.<ref>With the exception of Ps 121's שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת, which, according to the Masoretic tradition, has a definite לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת nonetheless, though an indefinit...")
05:56, 2 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 1.872894 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1a''' – The definite article on הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת indicates the specific song of the specific ascents of the pilgrims to Jerusalem, as consistent superscriptions of the entire collection of Pss 120-134.<ref>With the exception of Ps 121's שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת, which, according to the Masoretic tradition, has a definite לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת nonetheless, though an indefinit...")
13:44, 1 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Phrasal.v. 3.472494 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 3 |Text='''v. 3a''' – Following the MT's plural, the construct chain הַרְרֵ֪י צִ֫יּ֥וֹן indicates a relationship of entity-location, i.e., ''the hills that are situated in Zion''. On the other hand, if singular (see the discussion in the grammar notes), the relationship would be one of entity-name (cf. Ps 78:68). }}")
13:17, 1 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 2.431049 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 2 |Text='''v. 2c''' – For discussion of the form מִדּוֹתָֽיו, see the grammar notes. }}")
13:17, 1 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 2.620565 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 2 |Text='''v. 2c''' – For the use of פֶּה (lit. "mouth") as the "collar" of a garment, see the Syr. ܒܪ ܨܘܪܐ ܕܟܘܬܝܢܗ "on the collar [lit. neckpiece, CAL] of his coat" (Taylor 2020, 559).<ref>The Greek translations and revisions are less committal, with ᾤα "border, fringe, edge" (LSJ, 2030), though Symmachus expands the description to ἐπὶ τὴν ὤαν τῶν περιμέτρων ἐνδυμάτω...")
13:16, 1 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 1.295878 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1c''' – As "member[s] of same family, clan, tribe, or ethnic group" (SDBH), אַחִים most likely denotes "fellow countrymen" (HALOT, 29) in this verse. }}")
13:15, 1 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 1.13927 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1b''' – In contrast to the use of טוֹב in v. 2,<ref>The "state in which objects are of a high quality and/or a pleasure to look at" (SDBH)</ref> it refers here to the "state in which events are well-performed, morally and ethically correct, and beneficial to others" (SDBH). }}")
13:15, 1 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 1.924352 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1b''' – The word הִנֵּה is a particle of deixis, that is, it points to something, whether a concrete entity in the discourse context or a proposition (see Atkinson forthcoming).<ref>Atkinson, I. 2025. "הִנֵּה and הֵן clauses," in ''The Cambridge Grammar of Biblical Hebrew''. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers & University of Cambridge.</ref> The proposition to which to addressee's attention is dr...")
13:13, 1 May 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Lexical.v. 1.610947 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Lexical |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1a''' – A noun meaning "upward movement" (see, e.g., Ezra 7:9's ה֣וּא יְסֻ֔ד '''הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה''' מִבָּבֶ֑ל "the ''journey up'' from Babylon was started," NJPS), plural מַּעֲלוֹת is used in the superscriptions of all the "Psalms of Ascent" (Pss 120-134), hence "a song commonly sung by pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem" (SDBH). }}")
08:32, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 3.945201 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 3 |Description=Alternative |Text='''v. 3c''' – The final alternative represents the quite remarkable reading provided by both Qumran witnesses to the psalm. In place of the MT's "because there YHWH commanded the blessing, life everlasting," both 11Q5 and 11Q6 read "because there YHWH commanded the blessing forever, peace upon Israel." It is not certain whether the final three words (שלום על ישראל) are intended...")
08:26, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 3.345549 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 3 |Description=Alternative |Text='''v. 3b-c''' – The alternative containing the supplied conjunction waw, in place of the preferred apposition (as the MT), is found in the LXX, Peshitta,<ref>ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐνετείλατο κύριος τὴν εὐλογίαν καὶ ζωὴν ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος; ܡܛܠ ܕܬܡܢ ܦܩܕ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܘܪܟܬܐ ܘܚ̈ܝܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܥܠܡ "because there the Lord comma...")
08:25, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 3.497130 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 3 |Text='''v. 3a''' – For the emendation towards singular הַר "mount," for the MT's plural הַרְרֵ֪י "hills," see 11Q5, the Syr.<ref></ref> and Kennicott ms 39.<ref>See VTH vol. IV, 425.</ref> It is likely, however, that (although very early in the case of 11Q5) this represents a simplification to the more common phrase הר ציון (appearing twenty times in the Bible). }}")
08:25, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 2.387321 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 2 |Text='''v. 2c''' – The final word, מִדּוֹתָֽיו, is apparently derived from a unique feminine by-form (מִדָּה?) of the more common מַד. For this reason, both 11Q5 and 11Q6, the earliest textual attestations of the psalm, read מדיו. Since the unique form has been preserved in the Masoretic tradition, however, it has been preferred here, with the same sense of "garments," in any case.<ref>Though the...")
08:24, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 2.666563 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 2 |Text='''v. 2c''' – For our preferred reading of the final relative clause, שֶׁ֝יֹּרֵ֗ד עַל־פִּ֥י מִדּוֹתָֽיו, modifying כַּשֶּׁ֤מֶן הַטּ֨וֹב׀ from the beginning of the verse, see the ESV's "It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!"(cf. CJB, CSB, DHH, LUT, NABRE, NASB, NBS, NET, N...")
08:24, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 1.479081 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1''' – It should be noted that the earliest translation of the psalm, the LXX, provides quite a distinct sense of this verse: Ἰδοὺ δὴ τί καλὸν ἢ τί τερπνὸν ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸ κατοικεῖν ἀδελφοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό; ("Look now, what is good or what is pleasant more than that kindred live together?" NETS). }}")
08:23, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Notes/Grammar.v. 1.185334 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Grammar |VerseRange=v. 1 |Text='''v. 1c''' – The function of גם is not altogether clear. None of the ancient versions (or modern versions consulted) contain a direct gloss of the lexeme, while van der Merwe's exhaustive study of גַּם considers it "problematic" (2009, 329) and "impossible to explain in terms of [his] current model" (2009, 329, n. 44). Nevertheless, גַּם is often employed as a focus particle, preceding an individual sent...")
08:20, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Diagrams/v. 3.Alternative (Created page with "{{Diagram |VerseRange=v. 3 |Description=Alternative #2 |Preferred=No |SimpleFormatCode=DiscourseUnit [v. 3b alternative 11Q5, 11Q6] Fragment <status="alternative"> Clause Subject noun: יְהוָה YHWH Predicate verb: צִוָּה commanded adverb: שָׁם there Adverbial PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="forever"> Preposition preposition: עַד until...")
08:19, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Diagrams/v. 3.alternative (Created page with "{{Diagram |VerseRange=v. 3 |Description=alternative |Preferred=No |SimpleFormatCode=DiscourseUnit [v. 3b alternative LXX, Syr.] Fragment <status="alternative> Clause Subject noun: יְהוָה YHWH Predicate verb: צִוָּה commanded adverb: שָׁם there Object Nominal particle: אֶת (d.o.m.) article: הַ the noun: בְּרָכָה b...")
08:18, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Diagrams/v. 3. (Created page with "{{Diagram |VerseRange=v. 3 |Preferred=No |SimpleFormatCode=DiscourseUnit [v. 3] Fragment Clause Subject <status="elided"> Clause Subject <located="after infinitive construct"> Predicate ConstructChain verb-infinitive: שֶׁבֶת dwelling noun: אַחִים brothers Adverbial adverb: יָחַד together Adverbial...")
08:17, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Diagrams/v. 2. (Created page with "{{Diagram |VerseRange=v. 2 |Preferred=No |SimpleFormatCode=DiscourseUnit [v. 2] Fragment Clause Subject <status="elided"> Clause Subject <located="after infinitive construct"> Predicate ConstructChain verb-infinitive: שֶׁבֶת dwelling noun: אַחִים brothers Adverbial adverb: יָחַד together Adverbial...")
08:17, 30 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 133/Diagrams/v. 1. (Created page with "{{Diagram |VerseRange=v. 1 |Preferred=No |SimpleFormatCode=DiscourseUnit [Psalm 133] DiscourseUnit [v. 1] Fragment ConstructChain <gloss="the song of the ascents"> noun: שִׁיר song Nominal article: הַ the noun: מַּעֲלוֹת ascents Fragment Nominal Adjectival PrepositionalPhrase Preposition preposition: לְ by Object...")
16:07, 23 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 71.680895 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 71 |Text='''v. 71''' – The presence of בְּ with רעה "to shepherd" may highlight the physical contact of leading them (so Jenni 1992, 238). In this case, such a construal would be less prominent in constructions without the preposition (e.g., Gen 30:31, 36; 36:24; 37:12; Exod 3:1; 1 Sam 17:15; 25:6; 2 Sam 5:2; 7:7; Isa 61:5; Jer 3:15; 23:2). For other instances with בְּ, see Gen 37:2; 1 Sam 16:11; 17:34. Although...")
16:05, 23 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.vv. 67-70.887990 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=vv. 67-70 |Text='''vv. 67-68, 70''' – v. 67's second line reads וּֽבְשֵׁ֥בֶט אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִם לֹ֣א בָחָֽר, immediately followed by וַ֭יִּבְחַר אֶת־שֵׁ֣בֶט יְהוּדָ֑ה in v. 68a.<ref>Among the ancient versions, the LXX and Jerome (Hebr.) provide no distinction between these two constructions; TgPs follows the MT isomorphically, while the Syr. varies between the verbs ܐ...")
16:04, 23 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 68.327781 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 68 |Text='''v. 68''' – The construct chain אֶת־הַר צִיּוֹן is one of '''entity-name'''. }}")
17:31, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 67.189623 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 67 |Text='''v. 67''' – The "tent of Joseph" is unique in the Bible and refers either (1) simply to its dwelling place—as synonymous with Ephraim (see, e.g., 2 Sam 19:21; 1 Kgs 11:28; Ezek 37:16; Zech 10:6) and used previously in vv. 51, 55 (so argues Kugler 2020, 129); or (2), our preference, the tabernacle at Shiloh. The latter fits with the previous discourse (vv. 60-64; cf. also v. 9), since Shiloh belonged geographi...")
17:30, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 66.323089 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 66 |Text='''v. 66''' – For discussion of the collocation וַיַּךְ ... אָחוֹר see the lexical notes. Further support for the movement adverbial reading, however, is found in other instances of ''hiphil'' נכה as "strike down" with directional movement (see, e.g., עַד in Josh 10:10, 41; 1 Sam 7:11; מִן plus allative ''he'' in 1 Sam 14:31; בְּ plus "wall" in the textually contested אַכֶּ֥ה בְ...")
17:28, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 65.80060 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 65 |Text='''v. 65''' – For the possible readings of מִן in מִיָּֽיִן as either detachment or cause, see the lexical notes on מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן. }}")
17:27, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 62.979755 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 62 |Text='''v. 62''' – For the בְּ constituent following verbs of anger (''hithpael'' עבר), malefactive בְּ see BHRG (§39.6.1.b.ii) and Jenni (1992, 265; cf. Deut 3:26). }}")
17:26, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 61.788735 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 61 |Text='''v. 61''' – Regarding the article on לַשְּׁבִ֣י, see the discussion under v. 52 above. The Masoretes vocalize שְׁבִי as articular if at all possible, even when no anaphora or concrete reference is in view (cf. בַּשֶּֽׁבִי as the first mention of "captivity" in Deut 28:41—in this case, the Samaritan Pentateuch attests an anarthrous pronunciation, ''afšēbi'', according to Ben-Ḥayyi...")
17:24, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 59.161082 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 59 |Text='''v. 59''' – For the בְּ–flagging of the stimulus argument with מאס, see also Lev 26:15, 43; Num 14:31; Judg 9:38; Isa 7:15-16; 30:12; 33:15; Jer 2:37; 4:30; Ps 106:24; Job 19:18, among others. See the discussion of ''figurative contact'' in BHRG (§39.6.1.b.ii) and ''social contact'' in Jenni (1992, 256; cf. v. 67; see also Num 14:31; Judg 9:38; 2 Kgs 17:20; Isa 7:15, 16; 30:12; 33:15; Jer 4:30; 6:19, 30...")
17:20, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 56.464655 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 56 |Text='''v. 56''' – For the serial verb construction וַיְנַסּ֣וּ וַ֭יַּמְרוּ, see the grammar notes. }}")
17:18, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 55.444873 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 55 |Text=''v. 55'' – We prefer to read the suffix on וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵם as the nations of the previous clause, creating consistency also with בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם in the following clause (see the participant analysis note). Therefore, the valency of ''hiphil'' נפל with the pronominal suffix leaves room for the object complement "allot X as Y." That leaves only the constituent בְּחֶ֣בֶל "by p...")
17:17, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 54.406757 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 54 |Text='''v. 54''' – For the function of זֶה in הַר־זֶ֝֗ה, see the exegetical issue. }}")
17:16, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 54.394670 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 54 |Text='''v. 54''' גְּב֣וּל קָדְשׁ֑וֹ – For construction in which "a pronominal suffix can be attached to the nomen rectum where such a pronoun relates to the entire construct phrase" see Joüon-Muraoka (§129kb). Thus, ''the territory of his holiness >> his holy territory''. }}")
17:14, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 53.508578 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 53 |Text='''v. 53''' – The PP לָ֭בֶטַח is one of a qualitative relationship (BHRG §39.11.6.b; cf. Jenni 2000, 280), i.e., ''in security >> securely'' (cf. the phrase with ישׁב in 1 Kgs 5:5, היה in Ezek 34:27 and הלך in Prov 3:23, among others). }}")
12:55, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.V. 52.774916 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=V. 52 |Text='''v. 52''' – Regarding the article on both כַּצֹּ֣אן and כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר, "It has long been noted that the article seems to be vocalized in the Masoretic Text much more frequently than might be expected in these [בְּ, כְּ, and לְ proclitic] phrases" (Bekins, forthcoming §4.2; cf. Lambert 1898, 208). Similarly, Waltke & O'Connor claim that "the Masoretes tended to regularize articular use w...")
12:52, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.V. 51.328780 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=V. 51 |Text='''v. 51''' – For the construct רֵאשִׁית אוֹנ- see also Gen 49:3, Deut 21:17, and the looser genitival relationship, רֵ֝אשִׁ֗ית לְכָל־אוֹנָֽם, in Ps 105:36. The construct relationship is one of '''characteristic-specification'''. }}")
12:50, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 49.450759 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 49 |Text='''v. 49''' – For the construct relationship מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים as '''entity-characteristic''', see the grammar notes. }}")
12:49, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 49.539766 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 49 |Text='''v. 49''' – In this verse, only the sequence עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה, i.e., the second poetic line of the verse, contains waw conjunction (apart from one medieval manuscript, reading ומשלחת for the beginning of the third line; see VTH vol 4., 375). It is possible that the prosodic pause between poetic lines was sufficient to distinguish this list of nominals, though the asyndesi...")
12:47, 22 April 2025 Ian.Atkinson talk contribs created page Psalm 78/Notes/Phrasal.v. 49.837046 (Created page with "{{ExegeticalNote |Layer=Phrasal |VerseRange=v. 49 |Text='''v. 49''' – The construct chain חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ is probably best understood as '''entity-cause/origin''', i.e., ''the wrath that came about because of / out of his anger''. }}")