Monday, November 29, 2010

Psalm 139:1

לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר יְהוָה חֲקַרְתַנִי וַתֵדָע׃

Rough Word-by-word:
To the director by David a song LORD you have searched me and you have known.

Smooth Translation:
To the director a song by David. Lord you have searched me and known.

לַמְנַצֵּחַ preposition with piel participle masculine singular "To the overseer, or To the director"

לְדָוִד preposition with proper noun "for David, or by David"

מִזְמוֹר noun "[a] song"

יְהוָה Tetragrammaton "Adoni, or Lord"

חֲקַרְתַנִי Qal perfect 2ms from חקר (he searched) "you searched" 1cs suffix "me"

וַתֵדָע conversive conjunction "and" Qal imperfect 2ms from ידע (he knows) "you know"

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