Wednesday, December 31, 2008

And what about sitting?

Sit is the third verb in the psalms (skipping לוץ the scornful participle which occurs only twice in the psalter, Psalm 1:1, and Psalm 119:51). Again, this third verb is negatively phrased לֹא יָשָֽׁב and Qal perfect. My query returns 51 of 58 occurrences. I won't bore you with the details but will just fix the rows by hand. I have to add the conjugation column anyway.

The vav-conversive does not apply in my opinion to Psalm 1 but it does in Psalm 23:6. I phoned my Hebrew coach in Ottawa and he checked the Esperanto translation. Psalm 23:6 in Esperanto uses the future. His mother tongue is modern Hebrew but he confirmed this archaic usage of vav to reverse the aspect of a verb, though he indicated the vav should be attached to the verb (as in Psalm 23). But Psalm 29 violates this rule too with a preceding vav yet no reversal of aspect. And Psalm 47 has no preceding vav yet the common translation has its aspect reversed. (Go figure - as I said, do what you want with the aspect / tense of the verbs!)

Psalm
Root
English
Hebrew
Conjugation
Psalm 1:1 ישׁב has not sat לֹא יָשָׁב Qal, perfect
Psalm 2:4 ישׁב He sits יוֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 4:8
make me live
תֹּושִׁיבֵֽנִיHiphil, imperfect
Psalm 9:4ישׁבremainsיֵשֵׁבQal, imperfect
Psalm 9:7

you have remained
יָשַׁבְתָּQal, perfect
Psalm 9:11 ישׁב dwelling יֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 10:8 ישׁב He sits יֵשֵׁב Qal, imperfect
Psalm 17:12 ישׁב sitting יֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 22:3 ישׁב seated on יוֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 23:6 ישׁב and I will live
וְשַׁבְתִּי Qal, perfect
Psalm 24:1 ישׁב and those living in וְיֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 26:4

have not sat
לֹא־יָשַׁבְתִּיQal, perfect
Psalm 26:5

will not sit
אֵשֵֽׁבQal, imperfect
Psalm 27:4

to dwell
שִׁבְתִּיQal, infinitive
Psalm 29:10 ישׁב sat יָשָׁב Qal, perfect
Psalm 33:8 ישׁב all those sitting of / i.e. living
כָּל יֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 33:14

where he lives
מְּכֹון־שִׁבְתֹּוQal, infinitive
Psalm 33:14 ישׁב to all those sitting אֶל כָּל יֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 47:8 ישׁב sat on a throne of יָשַׁב עַל כִּסֵּא Qal, perfect
Psalm 49:1 ישׁב all you living of כָּל יֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 50:20

you sit
תֵּשֵׁבQal, imperfect
Psalm 55:19

the one sitting
וְיֹשֵׁבQal, active participle
Psalm 61:7 ישׁב he will dwell יֵשֵׁב Qal, imperfect
Psalm 65:8 ישׁב those living of the extremes יֹשְׁבֵי קְצָו‍ֹת Qal, active participle
Psalm 68:6
placing
מֹושִׁיבHiphil, participle
Psalm 68:10 ישׁב dwell there יָשְׁבוּ בָהּ Qal, perfect
Psalm 68:16
for his dwelling
לְשִׁבְתֹּוQal, infinitive
Psalm 69:12 ישׁב those sitting יֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 69:25 ישׁב be living יֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 69:35 ישׁב and they will live there וְיָשְׁבוּ Qal, perfect
Psalm 75:3
all her inhabitants
וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָQal, active participle
Psalm 80:1 ישׁב you sitting on יֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 83:7 ישׁב and those living in עִם יֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 84:4 ישׁב those sitting יוֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 91:1 ישׁב One dwelling יֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 98:7 ישׁב and those living וְיֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 99:1 ישׁב he sits on יֹשֵׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 101:7 ישׁב he will not live לֹא יֵשֵׁב Qal, infinitive
Psalm 102:12
will remain
תֵּשֵׁבQal, imperfect
Psalm 107:10 ישׁב Sitting in יֹשְׁבֵי Qal, active participle
Psalm 107:34 ישׁב and he will cause to live וַיּוֹשֶׁב Qal, active participle
Psalm 107:36 ישׁב of those dwelling יוֹשְׁבֵי Hiphil, imperfect
Psalm 110:1
Sit
שֵׁבQal, imperative
Psalm 113:5

dwelling
לָשָֽׁבֶתQal, infinitive
Psalm 113:8

dwell
לְהֹושִׁיבִיHiphil, infinitive
Psalm 113:9

dwell
מֹֽושִׁיבִיHiphil, participle
Psalm 119:23ישׁבsat
יָשְׁבוּ Qal, perfect
Psalm 122:5 ישׁב they sit יָשְׁבוּ Qal, perfect
Psalm 123:1 ישׁב the one sitting הַיֹּשְׁבִי Qal, active participle
Psalm 125:1 ישׁב it will stay יֵשֵׁב Qal, imperfect
Psalm 127:2

sit late
מְאַֽחֲרֵי־שֶׁבֶת Qal, infinitive
Psalm 132:12 ישׁב they will sit יֵשְׁבוּ Qal, imperfect
Psalm 132:14

here will I stay
פֹּֽה־אֵשֵׁבQal, imperfect
Psalm 133:1

live
שֶׁבֶתQal, infinitive
Psalm 137:1 ישׁב we sat יָשַׁבְנוּ Qal, perfect
Psalm 139:2

my sitting
שִׁבְתִּיQal, infinitive
Psalm 140:13 ישׁב will dwell יֵשְׁבוּ Qal, imperfect
Psalm 143:3
he consigns me
הֹושִׁיבַנִיHiphil, perfect

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