Saturday, 11 November 2023

#Psalmtweet #Psalter 72:14

This is why we care about truthfulness and do not simply use religion as propaganda, self-justification,
or delivery of an opiate.

מִתּ֣וֹךְ וּ֭מֵחָמָס יִגְאַ֣ל נַפְשָׁ֑ם
וְיֵיקַ֖ר דָּמָ֣ם בְּעֵינָֽיו
14 From fraud and from violence he will redeem them,
and their blood will be precious in his eyes.
id mtoç umkms igal npwm
viiqr dmm byiniv
10
8
m/tvc vm/kms i/gal npw\m
vi/iqr dmm b/yin\iv

Friday, 10 November 2023

#Psalmtweet #Psalter 71:6

Here as in other places, the revia supports a tricolon reading with a feminine ending to the first colon,
(revia is, however, ambiguous as to its pausal or cadential effect).


עָלֶ֤יךָ ׀ נִסְמַ֬כְתִּי מִבֶּ֗טֶן מִמְּעֵ֣י אִ֭מִּי אַתָּ֣ה גוֹזִ֑י
בְּךָ֖ תְהִלָּתִ֣י תָמִֽיד
6 By you I have been supported from the belly. From the inner parts of my mother you yourself severed me.
In you is my praise continually.
v yliç nsmcti mb'tn mmyi aimi ath gozi
bç thilti tmid
17
8
yl\ic n/smc\ti m/b'tn m/my\i am\i ath gvz\i
b\c t/hl\ti tmid

Thursday, 9 November 2023

Concordance

 The concordance has been updated as of Nov 7, 2023. Translation, corrections, and analysis of semantic domains etc is ongoing.

#Psalmtweet #Psalter 70:6

A repeat of part of Psalm 40


וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ אֱלֹהִ֪ים חֽוּשָׁ֫ה־לִּ֥י
עֶזְרִ֣י וּמְפַלְטִ֣י אַ֑תָּה
יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל־תְּאַחַֽר
6 But poor am I and needy, O God. Hurry to me.
You are my help and my security.
Yahweh, do not delay.
v vani yni vabion alohim kuwh-li
yzri umpl'ti ath
ihvh al-takr
14
7
6
v/ani yni v/abivn alh\im kvw\h l\i
yzr\i vm/pl't\i ath
ihvh al t/akr

Wednesday, 8 November 2023

#Psalmtweet #Psalter 69:2

Upon lilies


הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי אֱלֹהִ֑ים
כִּ֤י בָ֖אוּ מַ֣יִם עַד־נָֽפֶשׁ
2 Save me O God,
for the waters have come up to the throat.
b howiyni alohim
ci bau mim yd-npw
7
7
hv/w\iyni alh\im
ci ba\v mim yd npw

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

#Psalmtweet #Psalter 68:2

Future promise or jussive plea? Let God arise...

יָק֣וּם אֱ֭לֹהִים יָפ֣וּצוּ אוֹיְבָ֑יו
וְיָנ֥וּסוּ מְ֝שַׂנְאָ֗יו מִפָּנָֽיו
2 God will arise. His enemies will be dispersed.
And those hating him will withdraw from his presence.
b iqum alohim ipuxu aoibiv
vinusu mwnaiv mpniv
10
10
i/qvm alh\im i/pvx\v avib\iv
vi/nvs\v m/wna\iv m/pn\iv

Thinking about Enemies. Here are the links for this semantic domain.
Enemy
enemy, enmity, here enemy, hostileaib (288)
smite, smitten, smotehlm (16)
tumult, tumultuoushmvn (83)
howl, torment, tormentorill (38)
cringe, disown, dissimulate, dissimulation, founderckw (29)
heavemgr (3)
defeatmch (20)
fissure, schism, schismaticsyp (12)
devious, devious thing, deviousnessyqw (22)
adversary, adversity, foe, foes, give trouble, gives trouble, troublexrr (980)

Monday, 6 November 2023

#Psalmtweet #Psalter 67:5

Let the people praise

יִֽשְׂמְח֥וּ וִֽירַנְּנ֗וּ לְאֻ֫מִּ֥ים
כִּֽי־תִשְׁפֹּ֣ט עַמִּ֣ים מִישׁ֑וֹר
וּלְאֻמִּ֓ים ׀ בָּאָ֖רֶץ תַּנְחֵ֣ם סֶֽלָה
5 Make tribes glad and shout for joy,
for you judge peoples with equity,
and tribes on the earth, you guide them. Selah.
h iwmku virnnu laumim
ci-twpo't ymim miwor
ulaumim barx tnkm slh
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7
10
i/wmk\v vi/rnn\v lam\im
ci t/wp't ym\im m/iwr
v/lam\im b/arx t/nk\m slh

Judgment with equity is a key principle in the Psalter. Here are some words from that semantic domain linking to my concordance.
Judgment
test, try, watchtowerbkn (31)
give rebuke, giving rebuke, god rebuke, rebukegyr (30)
advocacy, advocate, case, dissension, sentencedin (142)
purgezqq (7)
fan, sift, winnowzrh (39)
decree, decreed, statutekq (231)
engrave, lawgiver, prescribe, prescriptionkqq (26)
examination, examinekqr (40)
saveiwy (356)
brought straight, equitable, equity, find upright, fit, level place, upright, uprightness, went straightiwr (203)

bring heel, brought heel, subdue, witscny (37)
deride, derision, derisive, take pleasure derisionlyg (27)
chaffmx (8)
infiltrate, penetrate, pin, pin down, pinned, pinned down, pins, stownkt (27)
fallsv't (1)
removeyda (8)
assembly, colony, depose, menstrualydh (252)
attestation, call witness, give witness, protest, relieve, testify, though witness, witnessyvd (603)
crucible, refine, refined tillxrp (37)
awake, awaken, awokeqvx (83)
contend, contender, contention, dispute, reason, strife, strive, stroverib (146)
being broken, break, break open, breaker, broke, broken, brokenness, get crushed corn, rake, rift, shatter, slake, wreckwbr (245)
buttress, lean, relax, staff, stavewyn (39)
astute, astuteness, framework, give judgment, judge, judgment, lessons judgment, living judgment, mid judgmentwp't (652)