Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Psalm 10:15

שְׁבֹר זְרֹועַ רָשָׁע וָרָע תִּדְרֹושׁ־רִשְׁעֹו בַל־תִּמְצָא׃

Rough Word-by-word:
Break the arm of the wicked one and evil. You will seek the wickedness of him and not you will find.

Smooth Translation:
Break the arm of the wicked and evil. You will seek his wickedness and not find it.

שְׁבֹר Qal imperative 2ms from שָׁבָר (he broke) "break"

זְרֹועַ noun fs in construct "[the] arm of"

רָשָׁע adjective ms "[the] wicked one"

וָרָע conjunction with adjective ms "and evil"

תִּדְרֹושׁ־רִשְׁעֹו Qal imperfect 2ms and adjective ms with 3ms pronominal suffix from דָּרַשׁ (he sought, he inquired) "you will seek [the] wickedness of him"

בַל־תִּמְצָא adverb and Qal imperfect 2ms from מָצָא (he found) "not you will find"

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