Thursday, March 1, 2012

Psalm 4:4

וּדְעוּ כִּי־הִפְלָה יְהוָה חָסִיד לֹו יְהוָה יִשְׁמַע בְּקָרְאִי אֵלָיו׃

Rough Word-by-word:
And you all know as he caused to set apart the LORD [the] godly to him the LORD he will hear the calling of me unto him.

Smooth Translation:
And you know the LORD has set apart the godly to himself. The LORD will hear my calling unto him.

וּדְעוּ conjunction with Qal imperative 2mp from יָדַע (he knew) "and you all know"

כִּי־הִפְלָה preposition with Hiphil perfect 3ms from פָּלָה (he marked out, he set apart) "he caused to set apart"

יְהוָה tetragrammaton - divine name "the LORD"

חָסִיד adjective ms "godly [man]"

לֹו preposition with 3ms pronominal suffix "to him"

יְהוָה tetragrammaton - divine name "the LORD"

יִשְׁמַע Qal imperfect 3ms from שָׁמַע (he heard) "he will hear"

בְּקָרְאִי preposition and Qal infinitive construct with 1cs pronominal suffix from קָרָא (he called) "the calling of me"

אֵלָיו preposition with 3ms pronominal suffix "unto him"

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