Friday, September 20, 2013

Psalm 9:20

קוּמָה יְהוָה אַל־יָעֹז אֱנֹושׁ יִשָּׁפְטוּ גֹויִם עַל־פָּנֶיךָ׃

Rough Word-by-word:
Rise up LORD let not be strong man, let be judged nations upon the face of you.

Smooth Translation:
Rise up, LORD. Let not man be strong, let nations be judged before your face.

קוּמָה Qal imperative 2ms from קוּם (he rose up) "Rise up"

יְהוָה tetragrammaton - divine name "LORD"

אַל־יָעֹז adverb of negation with Qal imperfect/jussive 3ms from עָזַז (he was strong) "not let be strong"

אֱנֹושׁ noun ms "man"

שָּׁפְטוּ Niphal imperfect/jussive 3mp from שָׁפָט (he judged) "let be judged"

גֹויִם noun mp "nations"

עַל־פָּנֶיךָ preposition and noun masculine dual in construct with 2ms pronominal suffix "upon the face of you"

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