Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Psalm 7:1

שִׁגָּיֹון לְדָוִד אֲשֶׁר־שָׁר לַיהוָה עַל־דִּבְרֵי־כוּשׁ בֶּן־יְמִינִי׃
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Rough Word-by-word:
Shiggaion of David which he sang to the LORD upon words of Cush a Benjamite.

Smooth Translation:
Shiggaion of David which he sang to the LORD upon words of Cush a Benjamite.

שִׁגָּיֹון noun ms "wandering, staggering" (Soncino quotes a description saying, "a dithyrambic song of irregular structure and of impassioned character.")

לְדָוִד preposition with proper noun ms "of David"

אֲשֶׁר־שָׁר relative pronoun with Qal perfect 3ms from שִׁיר (sing) "which he sang"

לַיהוָה preposition with proper noun - tetragrammaton "to the LORD"

עַל־דִּבְרֵי־כוּשׁ preposition with noun mp in construct with proper noun ms "upon words of Cush"

בֶּן־יְמִינִי proper noun ms "[a] Benjamite" (I wonder if this is where we get the Yeminites...)

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