Verse 12

{ "verseID": "Lamentations.3.12", "source": "דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃", "text": "*dārak* *qaštô* *wayyaṣṣîbēnî* like the *maṭṭārāʾ* for *ḥēṣ*", "grammar": { "*dārak*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - bent/tread", "*qaštô*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bow", "*wayyaṣṣîbēnî*": "verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and he set me up", "*maṭṭārāʾ*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the target", "*ḥēṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - arrow" }, "variants": { "*dārak*": "bent/tread/strung [a bow]", "*wayyaṣṣîbēnî*": "and he set me up/and he positioned me/and he fixed me", "*maṭṭārāʾ*": "target/mark", "*ḥēṣ*": "arrow/shaft" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Job.7.20", "source": "חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֢ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא", "text": "*Ḥāṭā'ṯî* what *'ef'al* to you *nōtsêr* the *hā'āḏām* why *śamtanî* to *lĕmifgā'* to you and *wā'ehyeh* upon me to *lĕmaśśā'*", "grammar": { "*ḥāṭā'ṯî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have sinned", "*māh*": "interrogative pronoun - what?", "*'ef'al*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I do/shall do", "*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*nōtsêr*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - watcher/keeper of", "*hā*": "definite article - the", "*'āḏām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind", "*lāmāh*": "interrogative adverb - why?", "*śamtanî*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you have set me", "*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for", "*mifgā'*": "noun, masculine singular - target/mark", "*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*wa*": "conjunction - and", "*'ehyeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am", "*'ālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - upon me", "*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for", "*maśśā'*": "noun, masculine singular - burden" }, "variants": { "*ḥāṭā'ṯî*": "I have sinned/I sin", "*'ef'al*": "I do/shall do/can do", "*nōtsêr*": "watcher/keeper/preserver", "*'āḏām*": "man/mankind/humanity", "*śamtanî*": "you have set me/placed me/made me", "*mifgā'*": "target/mark/obstacle", "*'ehyeh*": "I am/I will be", "*maśśā'*": "burden/load/trouble" } }
  • Ps 38:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Psalms.38.2", "source": "יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃", "text": "*YHWH* not in *qetsep̄ᵊḵā* *tôḵîḥēnî* and in *ḥămātᵊḵā* *tᵊyassᵊrēnî*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*qetsep̄ᵊḵā*": "noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefix bᵊ- - in your anger", "*tôḵîḥēnî*": "hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you rebuke/reprove me", "*ḥămātᵊḵā*": "noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefix bᵊ- - in your wrath/fury", "*tᵊyassᵊrēnî*": "piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you discipline/chastise me" }, "variants": { "*qetsep̄*": "anger/wrath/indignation", "*tôḵîḥēnî*": "rebuke/reprove/correct me", "*ḥămāt*": "heat/rage/wrath/fury", "*tᵊyassᵊrēnî*": "discipline/chasten/instruct me" } }
  • Lam 2:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Lamentations.2.4", "source": "דָּרַ֨ךְ קַשְׁתּ֜וֹ כְּאוֹיֵ֗ב נִצָּ֤ב יְמִינוֹ֙ כְּצָ֔ר וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֔ג כֹּ֖ל מַחֲמַדֵּי־עָ֑יִן בְּאֹ֙הֶל֙ בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן שָׁפַ֥ךְ כָּאֵ֖שׁ חֲמָתֽוֹ׃", "text": "*dāraḵ* *qaštô* like-*ʾôyēḇ* *niṣṣāḇ* *yəmînô* like-*ṣār* and-*wayyahărōḡ* all *maḥămaddê*-*ʿāyin* in-*ʾōhel* daughter-*ṣiyyôn* *šāp̄aḵ* like-*ʾēš* *ḥămāṯô*", "grammar": { "*dāraḵ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has bent/drawn", "*qaštô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bow", "*kəʾôyēḇ*": "preposition + qal participle, masculine singular - like an enemy", "*niṣṣāḇ*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has stationed/positioned himself", "*yəmînô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his right hand", "*kəṣār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like an adversary", "*wayyahărōḡ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he has slain", "*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all/every", "*maḥămaddê-ʿāyin*": "construct chain - pleasant things to the eye/delights of the eye", "*bəʾōhel*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the tent of", "*baṯ-ṣiyyôn*": "construct chain - daughter of Zion", "*šāp̄aḵ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has poured out", "*kāʾēš*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - like fire", "*ḥămāṯô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fury" }, "variants": { "*dāraḵ*": "bend/draw/tread/march", "*niṣṣāḇ*": "station oneself/take a stand/be positioned", "*ṣār*": "adversary/enemy/foe/oppressor", "*wayyahărōḡ*": "kill/slay/murder", "*maḥămaddê-ʿāyin*": "delights of the eye/pleasant things to see/visually pleasing things", "*šāp̄aḵ*": "pour out/spill/shed" } }
  • Job 6:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Job.6.4", "source": "כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃", "text": "*kî ḥiṣṣê Šadday ʿimmādî ʾăšer ḥămātām šōtâ rûḥî biʿûtê ʾĕlôah yaʿarkûnî*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḥiṣṣê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - arrows of", "*Šadday*": "divine name - Almighty", "*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/whose", "*ḥămātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their poison/venom", "*šōtâ*": "Qal participle, feminine singular - drinks", "*rûḥî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit", "*biʿûtê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - terrors of", "*ʾĕlôah*": "divine name - God", "*yaʿarkûnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they array themselves against me" }, "variants": { "*ḥēṣ*": "arrow", "*Šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient One", "*ḥēmâ*": "poison/venom/anger/wrath", "*šātâ*": "to drink/swallow/consume", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/wind", "*biʿûtîm*": "terrors/alarms", "*ʿārak*": "to arrange/set in order/array against" } }
  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 { "verseID": "Psalms.7.12", "source": "אֱ֭לֹהִים שׁוֹפֵ֣ט צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝אֵ֗ל זֹעֵ֥ם בְּכָל־יֽוֹם׃", "text": "*ʾĕlōhîm* *shôpēṭ* *ṣaddîq* *wəʾēl* *zōʿēm* in-every-*yôm*", "grammar": { "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God", "*shôpēṭ*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - judging", "*ṣaddîq*": "adjective, masculine singular - righteous/just", "*wəʾēl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and God", "*zōʿēm*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - being indignant/expressing wrath", "*bəḵāl-yôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in every day" }, "variants": { "*shôpēṭ*": "judging/vindicating/executing judgment", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous/just/lawful", "*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one", "*zōʿēm*": "being indignant/expressing wrath/denouncing" } } 13 { "verseID": "Psalms.7.13", "source": "אִם־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ דָ֝רַ֗ךְ וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃", "text": "if-not *yāshûb* *ḥarbô* *yilṭôsh* *qashtô* *dāraḵ* *wayḵônənehā*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conditional particle + negative particle - if not", "*yāshûb*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will turn/repent", "*ḥarbô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sword", "*yilṭôsh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will sharpen", "*qashtô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bow", "*dāraḵ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has bent/drawn", "*wayḵônənehā*": "conjunction + verb, polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and he has fixed it/prepared it" }, "variants": { "*yāshûb*": "will turn/will repent/will return", "*yilṭôsh*": "will sharpen/will whet", "*dāraḵ*": "bent/drawn/tread (a bow)", "*wayḵônənehā*": "has fixed it/prepared it/made it ready" } }
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 { "verseID": "Job.16.12", "source": "שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃", "text": "*šālēw* *hāyîtî* *wə-yəparpərēnî* *wə-ʾāḥaz* *bə-ʿorpî* *wə-yəpaṣpəṣēnî* *wə-yəqîmēnî* *lô* *ləmaṭṭārāh*", "grammar": { "*šālēw*": "adjective masculine singular - at ease", "*hāyîtî*": "Qal perfect 1st singular - I was", "*wə-yəparpərēnî*": "conjunction + Pilpel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he broke me in pieces", "*wə-ʾāḥaz*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he seized", "*bə-ʿorpî*": "preposition + noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - by my neck", "*wə-yəpaṣpəṣēnî*": "conjunction + Pilpel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he shattered me", "*wə-yəqîmēnî*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and he set me up", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for himself", "*ləmaṭṭārāh*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - as a target" }, "variants": { "*šālēw*": "at ease, quiet, peaceful", "*hāyîtî*": "to be, become, happen", "*yəparpərēnî*": "to break apart, shatter, break in pieces", "*ʾāḥaz*": "to grasp, take hold, seize", "*ʿorpî*": "neck, back of neck", "*yəpaṣpəṣēnî*": "to break to pieces, dash to pieces", "*yəqîmēnî*": "to raise, set up, establish", "*maṭṭārāh*": "mark, target" } } 13 { "verseID": "Job.16.13", "source": "יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י ׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃", "text": "*yāsōbbû* *ʿālay* *rabbāyw* *yəpallaḥ* *kilyôtay* *wə-lōʾ* *yaḥmôl* *yišpōk* *lāʾāreṣ* *mərērātî*", "grammar": { "*yāsōbbû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they surround", "*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me", "*rabbāyw*": "adjective masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his archers/many", "*yəpallaḥ*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pierces", "*kilyôtay*": "noun feminine plural + 1st singular suffix - my kidneys", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yaḥmôl*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he spares", "*yišpōk*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he pours out", "*lāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - to the ground", "*mərērātî*": "noun feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my gall" }, "variants": { "*yāsōbbû*": "to surround, encompass", "*rabbāyw*": "archers, many (ones), great (ones)", "*yəpallaḥ*": "to cleave, slice, pierce through", "*kilyôtay*": "kidneys, inner parts, mind", "*yaḥmôl*": "to spare, have compassion", "*yišpōk*": "to pour, pour out, spill", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth, land, ground", "*mərērātî*": "gall, bile, bitterness" } }