From Psalms: Layer by Layer
YSR/Psa 94.10
Verb
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יֹסֵ֣ר
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Reference
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Psalm 94.10
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Hebrew Text
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הֲיֹסֵ֣ר גּ֭וֹיִם הֲלֹ֣א יוֹכִ֑יחַ הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖ד אָדָ֣ם דָּֽעַת׃
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English Text
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Binyan
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Qal
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Conjugation
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participle
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Participle Type
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substantival
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Notes
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Grammatical Relations
Subject
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יֹסֵ֣ר (Viz., Yahweh)
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Object
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גּ֭וֹיִם ‘Nations’
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Oblique
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Adjunct
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Adjunct 2
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Adjunct 3
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Notes
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Marking of Grammatical Relations
Subject
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Verbal Infix
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Object
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Noun
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Oblique
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Adjunct
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Adjunct 2
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Adjunct 3
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Semantic Roles
Agent
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יֹסֵ֣ר (viz., Yahweh)
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Patient
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Experiencer
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גּ֭וֹיִם ‘Nations’
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Stimulus
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Theme
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Instrument
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Source
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Location
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Manner
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Cause
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Comitative
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Simile
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Time
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Goal
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Notes
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I've labeled גוים as Experiencer on the bases of the parallel line (הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖ד אָדָ֣ם דָּֽעַת ‘The one who teaches man’) as well as on the use of the verb two verses later in 94:12 (see the entry for that verb).
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Marking of Semantic Roles
Agent
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Noun
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Patient
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Experiencer
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Noun
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Stimulus
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Theme
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Instrument
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Source
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Location
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Manner
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Cause
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Comitative
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Simile
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Goal
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Time
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Situation Aspect & Type
Situation Type
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Viewpoint Aspect
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Phasal Aspect
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Notes
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None of these categories seems appropriate to this gnomic statement/rhetorical question.
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Domains
Lexical Domain(s)
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Chastise > Know
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Contextual Domain(s)
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Mind
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Affective Domain(s)
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None discernable
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Notes
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At variance with SDBH here, which lists this instance as Chastise (Lex) -- Authority; Recompense; Behavior (Context)
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