| קָרָאתִי בְכָל לֵב עֲנֵנִי יְהוָה חֻקֶּיךָ אֶצֹּרָה | Queried I with a whole heart, hear me יְהוָה I will observe your statutes |
| קְרָאתִיךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וְאֶשְׁמְרָה עֵדֹתֶיךָ | Queried I you, save me and I will keep your testimonies |
| קִדַּמְתִּי בַנֶּשֶׁף וָאֲשַׁוֵּעָה לִדְבָרְךָ יִחָלְתִּי | Quested I in a twilight hour and I cried out on your word I wait |
| קִדְּמוּ עֵינַי אַשְׁמֻרוֹת לָשִׂיחַ בְּאִמְרָתֶךָ | Quested my eyes in the night watches to meditate on your promise |
| קוֹלִי שִׁמְעָה כְחַסְדֶּךָ יְהוָה כְּמִשְׁפָּטֶךָ חַיֵּנִי | Quest of mine, hear by your loving kindness יְהוָה give me life by your judgments |
| קָרְבוּ רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה מִתּוֹרָתְךָ רָחָקוּ | Quite near are those following mischief they are far from your teaching |
| קָרוֹב אַתָּה יְהוָה וְכָל מִצְוֹתֶיךָ אֱמֶת | Quite near are you יְהוָה and all your commandments are truth |
| קֶדֶם יָדַעְתִּי מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ כִּי לְעוֹלָם יְסַדְתָּם | Quite from of old I knew from your testimonies for you established them from everlasting |
Details - two queries, three quests and three quites - no wonder Q is worth 10 points as a first letter!
I have done some oddball glosses for some of these prepositions - I don't want explanations to get in the way of the poem - for instance, does the poet quiet a little during this segment? What could be known 'from' testimonies? Is it that they in their presence in us speak even before we have knowledge?
What can I say below word by word that is not now obvious grammatically? Oh well - what I have to do is go through the motions as if this were a final exam and something pops out that I wasn't expecting when I began - like correcting a few errors.
| qara)ty | קָרָאתִי | Queried I | First person qal perfect |
| bkal léb | בְכָל לֵב | with all heart | preposition + qualifier + noun |
| `anény | עֲנֵנִי | hear me | imperative with object pronoun |
| yy | יְהוָה | LORD | divine name |
| xuqeyka | חֻקֶּיךָ | your statutes | plural noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| )ecorah | אֶצֹּרָה | I will observe | first person qal imperfect |
| qra)tyka | קְרָאתִיךָ | Queried I you | First person qal perfect+object pronoun |
| hvoshy`ény | הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי | save me | hiphil imperative+object pronoun |
| v)eshmrah | וְאֶשְׁמְרָה | and I will keep | connector+first person qal imperfect |
| `édoteyka | עֵדֹתֶיךָ | your testimonies | plural noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| qidàmty | קִדַּמְתִּי | quested I | first person piel perfect |
| bànesheph | בַנֶּשֶׁף | in a twilight hour | preposition+noun indefinite |
| va)ashàvué`ah | וָאֲשַׁוֵּעָה | and I cried out | connector+first person qal imperfect |
| lidbarka | לִדְבָרְךָ | on your word | preposition+singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| yixalty | יִחָלְתִּי | I wait | first person piel perfect |
| qidmvu | קִדְּמוּ | quested | third person plural piel perfect (piel is invisible without the dot in these cases) |
| `éynày | עֵינַי | my eyes | plural noun with first person singular possessive pronoun as subject |
| )àshmurvot | אַשְׁמֻרוֹת | in the night watches | no preposition but required in English + plural noun |
| lasyàx | לָשִׂיחַ | to meditate | preposition+qal infinitive |
| b)imrateka | בְּאִמְרָתֶךָ | on your promise | preposition+singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| qvoly | קוֹלִי | Quest of mine | singular noun with first person singular possessive pronoun as object of |
| shim`ah | שִׁמְעָה | hear | imperative (qal) |
| kxàsdeka | כְחַסְדֶּךָ | by your loving kindness | preposition+singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| yy | יְהוָה | LORD | divine name |
| kmishpa+eka | כְּמִשְׁפָּטֶךָ | by your judgments | preposition+plural noun with second person possessive pronoun - my gloss for as/ /according to is short and unexpected |
| xàyény | חַיֵּנִי | give me life | imperative (piel note dot in yod) with object pronoun |
| qarbvu | קָרְבוּ | quite near | third person plural (they come near) |
| rodpéy | רֹדְפֵי | are those following | participle in construct |
| zimah | זִמָּה | mischief | noun |
| mitvoratka | מִתּוֹרָתְךָ | from your instruction | preposition+singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| raxaqvu | רָחָקוּ | they are far | third person plural |
| qarvob | קָרוֹב | quite near | adjective as predicate |
| )àtah | אַתָּה | are you | pronoun as subject |
| yy | יְהוָה | LORD | divine name |
| vkal micvoteyka | וְכָל מִצְוֹתֶיךָ | and all your commandments | connector+qualifier+plural noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| )emet | אֱמֶת | are truth | noun - implied copula |
| qdem | קֶדֶם | quite from of old | temporal reference |
| yadà`ty | יָדַעְתִּי | I knew | first person qal perfect |
| mé`édoteyka | מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ | from your testimonies | preposition+plural noun with second person possessive pronoun |
| ky | כִּי | for | conjunction indicating cause |
| l`volam | לְעוֹלָם | to everlasting | preposition+noun |
| ysàdtam | יְסַדְתָּם | you established them | second person qal perfect+object pronoun |
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