Monday, January 30, 2012

Psalm 2:9

תְּרֹעֵם בְּשֵׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל כִּכְלִי יֹוצֵר תְּנַפְּצֵם׃

Rough Word-by-word:
You will crush them with a rod of iron. As a vessel of a potter you will smash them.

Smooth Translation:
You will crush them with a rod of iron. As a vessel of a potter you will smash them.

תְּרֹעֵם Qal imperfect 2ms from רָעַע (he crushed) with 3mp pronominal suffix "you will crush them" (note: The LXX and Vulgate parse this root as רָעַה (he fed, he shepherded) and John in Revelation 19:15 quotes it as such with ποιμανεῖ.)

בְּשֵׁבֶט preposition with noun ms in construct "with a rod of"

בַּרְזֶל noun ms "iron"

כִּכְלִי preposition with noun ms in construct "as a vessel of"

יֹוצֵר noun ms "a potter"

תְּנַפְּצֵם Piel imperfect 2ms from נָפַצ (he broke) with 3mp pronominal suffix "you will smash them"

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