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1 1 Psalm 51 (51:1) (of, belonging to). The ל Grammatical note = Possessive למנצח... לדוד preposition ל can indicate that its object is owned or possessed by someone. The idea of possession is not necessarily literal; it may indicate a relationship other than possession This is also called periphrastic ל or the genitive.ל When the object of ל is someone who wrote something, it is sometimes referred to as the ל of author or the ל auctoris. See Williams, 270. So it is unclear that the superscription is attempting to express that David (or the director) is the author or if the psalm is associated with David (or the director). 663b. = Piel act as overseer, superintendent, director under BDB נצח (51:2) (51:3) suffix. shew favour, be gracious under BDB 335b. Note form + 1cs = חנן cancel, wipe, wipe out under BDB 562a. Arb maḥā efface, erase, = מחה obliterate. Arm מ ח א (I) compare Ph למחת to stroke = exactly. rebel, transgress under BDB = פשׁע < 833a. transgression under BDB = פ שׁ ע 833a. Grammatical note = כ of the norm (according to). The object of the preposition 259. Williams can be a standard or a norm. See כ (51:4) many Q = be or become much, many, great, Hiphil make much, ה ר ב > K ה ר בּ ה under BDB 915a. Akk rabû be great, grow. Arb rabā. Arm ר ב א grow, increase. 1 1 Several manuscripts as qere, compare versions to read with ketib.

2 2 (down), Akk kabāsu tread.כבס tread, wash under BDB 460a. Ph = כבס subjugate. err? err = עוה iniquity, guilt, punishment of iniquity under BDB 730b. < II = ע וֹן from the way? under BDB 730b. emptiness. Sab = ט ה ר be clean, pure under BDB 372a. Arb ṭahara. Arm = טהר.טהר (51:5) 556a. continuity > continuously under BDB = ת מ יד (51:6) 2 בדבר ך be clear, clean, pure (always in moral sense) under BDB 269a. Akk zakû = זכה (Zim). Arm.ד כ א Arb dakā be bright (of fire). (51:7) whirl, dance, writhe, Polal be made to writhe, be brought forth under = חיל,חול BDB 296b. Arm dance. Arb ḥāla change, turn. Akk ḫîlu writhe (in fear) (note ḫ). be hot, Piel conceive under BDB 404a. Arb waḥama incaluerunt = יחם pecora. Arm י ח ם be hot (usually sexual impulse of animals). (51:8) keep, delight in under BDB 342b. Arb ḥapiẓa be mindful of, attentive to, = ח פ ץ.חפצבעל protect. Ph in PN over- = טוח < 376a. inward parts (covered over, concealed) under BDB = ט חוֹת spread, over-lay, coat, besmear under BDB 376a. 2 Severla manuscripts, Septuagint, Symmachus ב ד ב ר י ך so either in your speaking(?) or in your words.

3 3 stop up, shut up, keep close under BDB 711a. Arb sadama close = סתם < ס תוּם (door), saṭama (loan words?). (51:9) zu(w)fā. Arm. Arb.אזוב MH(?) hyssop under BDB 23b. = א זוֹב miss (goal or way), go wrong, sin, Piel make sin-offering, purify from = חטא sin under BDB 306b-. Arm.ח ט א Akk ḫaṭû (Zim). Sab.חטא Arb ḫaṭiʾa do wrong, commit mistake, error. snow? = שׁלג snow under BDB 1017a. Root = שׁ ל ג white. Arb לבן = Hiphil shew whiteness, grow white under BDB 526a. Ph לבן labanu(n) milk. (51:10) 965a. under BDB שׁישׁ,שׁושׁ < 965a. exultation, rejoicing under BDB = שׁ שׁוֹן Perhaps from interjection šaʾšaʾ (enticing call). levity, rejoice under BDB 162a. Arb jāla go around or about, be excited to = גיל and so on. only. = Piel crush down under BDB 194a. Psalms דכה (51:11) 711a. = Niphal hide; be hid, concealed under BDB סתר See Samuel Balentine, The Hidden God: The Hiding of the Face of הסתר פני ך God in the Old Testament (Oxford Theological Monographs) (2000). (51:12) pure. be clean, = טהר clean, pure under BDB 373a. Root = ט הוֹר Akk kânu.כוּן be firm, firmly established, prepare under BDB 465b. Arb = כון be firm, right. Arb kāna (w) exist, occur, be. Sab.כון Ph כון be.

4 4 Arm.חדש = Piel (only) renew, repair (poetry and late) under BDB 293b. Ph חדשׁ renew. Akk adaavsu.החדת Arb h.adata be new. Sab.ח דּ שׁ (51:13) (51:14).ישׁע < 447b. deliverance, rescue, salvation; safety, welfare under BDB = י שׁ ע incite, impel under = נדב < 622a. inclined, generous, noble under BDB = נ ד יב BDB 621b. cause to lean ס מ ך lean, lay, rest, support under BDB 701b. Ph in PN. Arm = סמ ך upon. Arb samaka be high, ascend, raise, uplift. (51:15) 3 אלהי תשׁועתי (51:16) Plural guilt.ד מ א,ד ם blood under BDB 196a. Arb damu(n). Akk damu. Arm = ד ם of bloodshed, blood-guiltiness. (51:17) (51:18) Note construction כי לא תחפץ זבח ואתּנה = for you do not delight (in) sacrifice, (and/or) let me bring. 4 (51:19) despise under BDB 102a. Arb bazā raise the head loftily and = בזה disdainfully. 3 Probably delete??? 4 Septuagint ει = ל א so lest rather than no, do not.

5 5 (51:20) 483a. entire, whole, holocaust under BDB = כ ל יל 5 עולה וכליל goat) III = young (of ewe, cow, פרר < 830b. young bull, steer under BDB = פ ר under BDB 830b. 5 Possible gloss.

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