שָׂרִים רְדָפוּנִי חִנָּם וּמִדְּבָרְךָ פָּחַד לִבִּי | Sultans persecute me for nothing but from your word my heart stands in awe |
שָׂשׂ אָנֹכִי עַל אִמְרָתֶךָ כְּמוֹצֵא שָׁלָל רָב | Singing I sing for your promise as finding great booty |
שֶׁקֶר שָׂנֵאתִי וַאֲתַעֵבָה תּוֹרָתְךָ אָהָבְתִּי | Scandal I hate and abhor I love your teaching |
שֶׁבַע בַּיּוֹם הִלַּלְתִּיךָ עַל מִשְׁפְּטֵי צִדְקֶךָ | Seven times a day do I praise you for the judgments of your righteousness |
שָׁלוֹם רָב לְאֹהֲבֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ וְאֵין לָמוֹ מִכְשׁוֹל | Such great peace to those loving your teaching and there is no stumbling for them |
שִׂבַּרְתִּי לִישׁוּעָתְךָ יְהוָה וּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ עָשִׂיתִי | Steadfast is my hope in your salvation יְהוָה and I have done your commandments |
שָׁמְרָה נַפְשִׁי עֵדֹתֶיךָ וָאֹהֲבֵם מְאֹד | Savors my being your testimonies and I love them greatly |
שָׁמַרְתִּי פִקּוּדֶיךָ וְעֵדֹתֶיךָ כִּי כָל דְּרָכַי נֶגְדֶּךָ | So I keep your precepts and your testimonies for all my ways are near you |
How is our poet feeling after 21 parts of the poem? Happy to be nearing its end? Still has trouble from external sources and internal sources will be evident in part 22. Likes the superlative in this section.
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sarym | שָׂרִים | sultans | plural noun | |
rdapvuny | רְדָפוּנִי | persecute me | third person plural qal+object first person pronoun | |
xinam | חִנָּם | for nothing | adverb - derived from grace חֵן | |
vumidbarka | וּמִדְּבָרְךָ | but from your word | prefix conjunction+singular noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
paxàd | פָּחַד | stands in awe | third person (root) form qal perfect | |
liby | לִבִּי | my heart | singular noun with first person singular pronoun | |
sas | שָׂשׂ | singing | its even a participle! | |
)anoky `àl )imrateka | אָנֹכִי עַל אִמְרָתֶךָ | I for your promise | stand-alone pronoun+preposition+singular noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
kmvocé) | כְּמוֹצֵא | as finding | preposition+participle | |
shalal rab | שָׁלָל רָב | great booty | noun+modifier | |
sheqr | שֶׁקֶר | scandal | noun | |
sané)ty | שָׂנֵאתִי | I hate | first person singular qal perfect | |
và)atà`ébah | וַאֲתַעֵבָה | and abhor | connector+first person singular qal imperfect | |
tvoratka | תּוֹרָתְךָ | your instruction | singular noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
)ahabty | אָהָבְתִּי | I love | first person singular qal perfect | |
shebà` | שֶׁבַע | seven times | number | |
bàyvom | בַּיּוֹם | a day | preposition+noun | |
hilàltyka | הִלַּלְתִּיךָ | do I praise you | first person singular must be piel perfect + object second person singular pronoun | |
`àl | עַל | for | preposition | |
mishp+éy | מִשְׁפְּטֵי | the judgments of | plural noun in construct (loses its ending) | |
cidqka | צִדְקֶךָ | your righteousness | singular noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
shalvom | שָׁלוֹם | peace | noun | |
rab | רָב | such great | modifier | |
l)ohabéy | לְאֹהֲבֵי | to those loving | preposition+participle in construct | |
tvorateka | תוֹרָתֶךָ | your instruction | singular noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
v)éyn lamvo | וְאֵין לָמוֹ | and there is for them no | conjunction+particle of not being+ preposition+archaic third person possessive pronoun | |
mikshvol | מִכְשׁוֹל | stumbling | noun (derived from verb) | |
sibàrty | שִׂבַּרְתִּי | steadfast my hope | qal perfect first person phrased for the S | |
lyshvu`atka | לִישׁוּעָתְךָ | in your salvation | preposition+singular noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
yy | יְהוָה | O LORD | divine name | |
vumicvoteyka | וּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ | and your commandments | prefix conjunction+plural noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
`asyty | עָשִׂיתִי | I have done | qal perfect first person | |
shamrah | שָׁמְרָה | savours | third person qal perfect feminine | |
nàpshy | נַפְשִׁי | my being | singular noun+possessive first person pronoun | |
`édoteyka | עֵדֹתֶיךָ | your testimonies | plural noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
va)ohabém | וָאֹהֲבֵם | and I love them | connector+first person imperfect+object pronoun | |
m)od | מְאֹד | greatly | adverb | |
shamàrty | שָׁמַרְתִּי | so I keep | qal first person perfect (extra s) | |
piqvudeyka | פִקּוּדֶיךָ | your precepts | plural noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
v`édoteyka | וְעֵדֹתֶיךָ | and your testimonies | prefix conjunction+plural noun with possessive second person singular pronoun | |
ky kal drakày | כִּי כָל דְּרָכַי | for all my ways | conjunction+modifier+plural noun - truncated ending from possessive first person pronoun | |
negdeka | נֶגְדֶּךָ | are before you | preposition+second person possessive pronoun |
4 comments:
Hi Bob,
Have you every thought of teaching online? You already have a lot of teachable material from aleph-bet to psalms.
Just a thought.
Carl
I have done lots of teaching but not online. And I write more to learn than to teach. If my work proves useful to some as part of the difficulty in starting to learn Hebrew, that is good - but beware! I have no committee critiquing my choices - so be critical.
Sometimes I am reaching out to see if something bears weight. In this series, I have used the suggestion I read about in Khan (per a tip from my son-in-law) here that there was a tradition that divided the Hebrew letters in two groups. The suggestion bears weight and is quite useful for the beginning of the precess of learning grammatical forms and seeing the root from the affixes.
I think teaching happens when people learn - that I am happy to enable if anyone has 'questions'. Others do this as well and I am grateful to them.
Thanks for the response. I agree 100% about the link between teaching and learning. I'm 64 and still learning (see my Notes on the Hebrew text at midrashetc.com -- they're not as detailed as yours, just the tip of the iceberg).
Hi Carl - good to meet - we are the same age. I have been following your blog from its beginning.
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