Friday, 3 July 2015

Psalm 107, a correction

It is inevitable in a book as large as Seeing the Psalter, that some issues are going to get away from author and computer alike. One of these is the stem for the long word, מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ, in Psalm 2.
נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ
וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ
3Let us snap their bonds
and kiss good-bye to their cords.
The root is אסר rather than יסר.  This switches the first time usage from Psalm 2 to Psalm 107. It makes little difference to the recurrence in Psalm 2.

Selected Recurring Words excluding: על,יהוה,אלוה,כּי,אל,אתּ
גּויםּ nations
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1גּוי
מּלכּי these sovereigns of
░
2מּלךּ
ארץ earth
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2ארץ
מּמּנּו bye to
░
3מּןּ
בּאפּו in his anger
░
5אףּ
ואנּי myself
░
6אנּי
מּלכּי my own king
░
6מּלךּ
אנּי myself
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7אנּי
מּמּנּי me
░
8מּןּ
גּויםּ the nations as
░
8גּוי
ארץ the earth
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8ארץ
מּלכּיםּ you sovereigns
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10מּלךּ
ארץ earth
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10ארץ
אפּו his anger
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12אףּ
The sounds-like relation between the two roots is retained of course though the table does not show them since the roots are not identical. 

The word also appears in the short section of Psalm 107:10-14. This section becomes even more cohesive.
חשׁךּ darkness
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10חשׁךּ
וצלמּותּ and shadow of death
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10צלמּותּ
אסירי prisoners of
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10אסר
ובּרזל and iron
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10בּרזל
מּחשׁךּ from darkness
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14חשׁךּ
וצלמּותּ and shadow of death
░
14צלמּותּ
ומּוסרותּיהםּ and their bonds
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14אסר
בּרזל iron
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16בּרזל
יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת
אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י וּבַרְזֶֽל
10Sitting in darkness and shadow of death,
prisoners of poverty and iron.
8
8
13
13
כִּֽי־הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל
וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ
11For they were provocative of the promises of God,
and the counsel of the Most High they spurned.
6
8
12
13
וַיַּכְנַ֣ע בֶּעָמָ֣ל לִבָּ֑ם
כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ וְאֵ֣ין עֹזֵֽר
12And he will bring their heart to heel with toil.
They stumbled and there was no help.
8
6
12
11
וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם
מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם
13And they cry out to Yahweh in their trouble.
From their own distresses he saves them.
11
8
18
15
יֽ֭וֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת
וּמוֹסְר֖וֹתֵיהֶ֣ם יְנַתֵּֽק
14He brings them out from darkness and shadow of death,
and their bonds he snaps.
10
8
16
14
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ
וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם
15Give thanks to Yahweh, his loving-kindness
and his wonderful works for the children of humanity.
6
9
13
16
כִּֽי־שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת
וּבְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ
16For he has broken the gateways of brass,
and bars of iron he has chopped.
7
8
14
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