This is the template for the Semantics layer of each Psalm. Its purpose it to provide a framework of legends and sections.

Sample use (copy and paste the code below to put into a new Semantics page, just changing the chapter and the text):

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==v. 1==
Lots of great stuff on word-level semantics.
:For the director, with stringed instruments, on the [https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/The_meaning_of_sheminith_in_Psalm_6:1 <u>octave</u>]. A psalm by David.

The word "octave" (lit.: "the eighth") has been translated in various ways (e.g., "eight-stringed instrument"). It is probably a musical term, since it only occurs in musical contexts (Ps. 6:1; 12:1; 1 Chron. 15:21). While the interpretation, "octave," is more likely than "eight-stringed instrument,"  "the final answer must remain undecided." (''HALOT'')
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Psalm Overview

Several of the key words in Psalm 6 along with other words that may be difficult to understand are highlighted in the translation below. Click on one of these words to learn more about its meaning. For words not discussed below, visit the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew.

Key words: bold
Difficult words: underlined

Word-Level Semantics

v. 1

Lots of great stuff on word-level semantics.

For the director, with stringed instruments, on the octave. A psalm by David.

The word "octave" (lit.: "the eighth") has been translated in various ways (e.g., "eight-stringed instrument"). It is probably a musical term, since it only occurs in musical contexts (Ps. 6:1; 12:1; 1 Chron. 15:21). While the interpretation, "octave," is more likely than "eight-stringed instrument," "the final answer must remain undecided." (HALOT)

Phrase-Level Semantics

(For more information, click "Phrase-level Legend" below.)

The text you want to show up there at phrase-level semantics.

Sentence-Level Semantics

For semantics at the level of the sentence and above, see Psalm 6 Story behind the Psalm.

Verbal Semantics Chart

(For more information, click "Verbal Legend" below.)

The text you want to show up at verb-level semantics.

Visualization	Description
	The prepositional phrase is indicated by a solid green oval.
	The construct chain is indicated by a solid yellow oval.
	When the conjunction ו appears at the phrase-level (not clause-level), it is indicated by a solid light purple oval.
	The article is indicated by a solid blue oval.

Conjugations
qatal	yiqtol-jussive
wayyiqtol (following qatal)*	cohortative
yiqtol	participle
wayyiqtol (following yiqtol)*	wayyiqtol (following participle)*
weyiqtol	inf. construct
weqatal	inf. absolute
*Wayyiqtol is colored a darker version of the conjugation it follows.

Relative tense arrows
Relative tense arrows (placed within the appropriate 'Fut/Pres/Past' column) are color coded according to the conjugation of the verb. The arrows in the table below are colored according to the typical uses of the conjugations.
After/posterior/future	Imminent future	Simultaneous/right now	Recent past	Before/anterior/past
← ←	↤	↓↓↓	↦	→ →

Aspect
	Continuous	Habitual or iterative	Stative	Perfective
Encoded in words	⟲	⟲⟲⟲	⎯	•
Inferable from context	⟲	⟲⟲⟲	⎯	•

Reference point movement
Movement	No movement
⇐	⇍

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Word-Level Semantics

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Phrase-Level Semantics

Sentence-Level Semantics

Verbal Semantics Chart

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Modality
indicative	purpose/result
jussive	necessity
imperative	possible
cohortative	probable
wish	ability
(past) conditional	interrogative, etc.

Emendations/Revocalizations legend
Emended text	Emended text, text in which the consonants differ from the consonants of the Masoretic text, is indicated by blue asterisks on either side of the emendation.
Revocalized text	Revocalized text, text in which only the vowels differ from the vowels of the Masoretic text, is indicated by purple asterisks on either side of the revocalization.