1 Psalm 104 (104:1) Superscription 1 2 יהוה 3 אלהי 217a. splendor, majesty under BDB = הוֹד 214a. ornament, splendor under BDB = ה ד ר.לב ישׁ put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed under BDB 527b. Arm = לבשׁ Akk labāšu. Arb labisa. (104:2) Root עטה = wrap oneself, enwrap, envelope oneself. enclose, = שׂלם garment, outer garment under BDB 971a. Root = שׂ ל מ ה envelope; cloak. stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend under BDB 639b. Arb n-ṭ-w = נטה stretch out. quiver (with fear or = ירע curtain (tent?) under BDB 438b. Root = י ר יע ה weakness)? (104:3) II = Piel lay the beams of, furnish with beams (denominative) under BDB קרה 900a. Noun קוֹר ה = rafter, beam (a thing that meets or fits into another). 751a. roof-chamber under BDB = ע ל יּ ה. לדוד (=?) pr Qumran, Syriac 1 2 A few manuscripts omit. 3 Qumran אלוהינו so our God. Interesting shift from first singular to first plural. From my God to our God. From individual to communal.
2 728a. II = "dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket under BDB ע ב ride. mount and ride, = רכב chariot under BDB 939b. Hapax. Root = ר כוּב 489a. wing, extremity under BDB = כ נ ף (104:4) 1058a. = Piel minister, serve under BDB שׁרת blaze up, flame, Piel set ablaze under BDB 529b. Akk laʾātu (in = להט 4.ה derivative forms). Note form of Piel prefix with medial (104:5) establish, found, fix, Piel found, establish, appoint, ordain (late) under = יסד BDB 413b. Arm.י ס ד Arm wasādu(n) pillow. 5 467b. fixed or established place, foundation (chiefly poetic) under BDB = מ כוֹן Root כון = be firm (only in derivative forms). 536b. totter, shake, slip under BDB = מוט (104:6) put on = לבשׁ garment, clothing, raiment under BDB 528b. Root = ל בוּשׁ (garment). suffix. 6 1cs + 3ms ה Note form Piel 3 rd כ סּ יתוֹ (104:7) rebuke. = גער rebuke under BDB 172a. Root = ג ע ר ה. ו ל ה ט Septuagint πυρ φλεγον, probably read; propose,לוהטת Qumran 4. י ס ד = θεµελιων Septuagint AL (Latin p, Targum, Hieronymous) ο 5 6 Septuagint το περιβολαιον αυτου = ;כסותו Aquila, Theodotion, Hieronymos, Targum have feminine suffix, propose כסּתּ ה compare verse 9. Eesh.
3 ending such ן = Hiphil put to flight; hide under BDB 630b. What is with the נוס as we see in Deuteronomy? lament, move violently, thunder, = רעם "thunder under BDB 947a. Root = ר ע ם complain. hasten, be in trepidation, hurry, or alarm under BDB 342a. Arb ḥafaza = חפז incite, urge. (104:8) 7 אל 8 זה 132b. valley (cleft), plain under BDB = ב ק ע ה (104:9) = גבל border, boundary, territory under BDB 147b. Punic gululim. Root = ג בוּל twist, wind -> bound, mix, knead. Something to do with a rope that marks a boundary? negate. to ב ל Here we go again. Note use of יעברון verb. ה Note form of Piel infinitive construct 3 rd כ סּוֹת (104:10) 745b. spring under BDB = מ ע י ן Again!?! 9 - יהלּכון (104:11) 10 ישׁברו. ולכו[ל] Qumran 7 8 A few manuscripts omit.. מ י ם = υδατα Septuagint adds 9. וישׂבעו = wsbʿjn Syriac 10
4 1052a. = Hiphil cause to drink water, give to drink under BDB שׁקה live. = חיה "living thing, animal" under BDB 313b. Root = ח יּ ה.שׂ ד ה field, land under BDB 961a. Rare original form שׂ ד י Might be some interesting linguistic things going on in this psalm. mule. II = wild ass, run, פרא wild ass under BDB 825a. Root = פ ר א 854b. 11 be thirsty under BDB = צ מ א (104:12) (!?!) 12 LW. foliage under BDB 779a. Hapax. Arm = ע פ ים qere עפאים 13 קול (104:13) Strangely repetitive? (104:14) 855a. sprout, spring up under BDB = צמח 348a. = II green grass, herbage under BDB ח צ יר 793a. herb, herbage under BDB = ע שׂ ב 715a. labour, service under BDB = ע ב ד ה This sounds very much like the normal Jewish blessing for להוציא לטם מן הארץ bread. By the way there is a different blessing for food/lunch. I learned that a few years ago when enjoying lunch with the rabbi of one of the two synagogues in Baton Rouge.. צ מ ע ים Manuscript, Syriac 11 12 Qere Mss,ע פ י ם ketib Mss עפאים or,עפאים Septuagint (Syriac) των πετρων so? 13 Manuscript, Septuagint R, Latin RG,קולם probably read so their voice/sound.
5 (104:15) neigh. neigh, cry shilly under BDB 843b. Arb nahala = צהל 703b. support, sustain, stay under BDB = סעד 14 משׁמן (104:16) 15 יהוה 72b. cedar under BDB = א ר ז (104:17) 16 אשׁר 861b. bird under BDB = צ פּוֹר Rare. = Piel make a nest, nest (denominative) under BDB 890a. קנן 339b. stork (so called as kind and affectionate to its young) under BDB = ח ס יד ה Very rare. Root חסד = be good, kind. βραθυ. Greek.ברוּתא cypress or fir under BDB 141a. Akk burāšu. Arm = ב רוֹשׁ 17.אי ברושים Latin bratum cypress, juniper. Ph GN (107:18) יעל "mountain goat" under BDB 418b. Rare. Arb waʿlu(n). Akk iaʾilu. Root II = י ע ל = ascend. 700b. crag, cliff under BDB = ס ל ע 14 Septuagint (Syriac) εν ελαιω = בשׁמן so in/with oil.?שׁדּי (=?) ex as 8:8, שׂ ד י = πεδιου Septuagint -S του 15 16 Septuagint, Aquila, Syriac, Hieronymous omit.. בברושׁם = bršrwjnʾ Syriac ;בראשׁם = αυτων Septuagint ηγειται 17
6 seek refuge (mostly poetry = חסה refuge, shelter under BDB 340a. Root = מ ח ס ה and figurative). rock badger, hyrax syriacus, coney under BDB 1050b-. Very rare. Root = שׁ פ ן??? = שׁפן (107:19) 417a. appointed time, place under BDB = מוֹע ד 18 ידע (104:20) put, set under BDB 1011a. Note form without major stress before = שׁית maqqeph. 19 20 ויהי Rare. creeping things, moving things under BDB 943a. = ר מ שׂ wood, יערא Arm.יר and יער wood, forest, thicket under BDB 420b. Ph = י ע ר thicket. Root יער = be rugged or difficult. What is going on with the orthography here? (104:21) 498b. young lion under BDB = כ פ יר 980b. roar under BDB = שׁאג 383a. prey, food; leaf under BDB = ט ר ף 134b. = Piel seek under BDB בקשׁ Note use of א ל rather than יהוה or more common.אלהים Because this is a more universal understanding of God such as one finds in other ancient cultures and?יּדּע = εγνωρισε Aquila, Symmachus 18 19 Syriac, Latin G have 3s. 20 Septuagint (Syriac, Hieronymous) και εγενετο =. ויהי Difference in pointing?
7 religions. This is not just God the specific deity of Israel but more like ο θεος or p3 ntr the god/god we find in Greek philosophy or Egyptian literature. (104:22) lofty, majestic (of king). Akk דרח rise, come forth under BDB 280a. Sab = זרח zarāḫu. 3mp ן gather, remove under BDB 62a. Note Niphal form. Again with the = אסף ending. 3mp ן to lie down or stretch, lie stretched out under BDB 918a. Another = רבץ ending. BDB]. 21 dwelling, habitation [CHECK = מ ע נ ה (104:23) do, = פעל doing, deed, work (poetry and late) under BDB 821b. Root = פ ע ל make. Poetry and late? What about pre-exilic non-jerusalemite Hebrew? pass on, advance. I am not = עדה III under BDB 723b. Root ע ד (in poetry) or ע ד ה able without more research to discern a distribution pattern. Seems to be mostly dialectal and post-exilic texts with some exceptions. (104:24) 22 כלם = קנה thing got or acquired, acquisition (Aramaism) under BDB 889a. Root = ק נ י ן get, acquire. 23 24 כ לם 25 קנינ ך 21 Qumran מעונותיהם compare Jeremiah 21:13, Job 38:8.. כ ל Manuscript, Septuagint 22 23 Cairo, several manuscripts ניך so creatures. 24 Manuscript, Septuagint כל so all not all of them. 25 Cairo, several manuscripts ניך which is not surprising.
8 (104:25) 26 זה 932a. wide, broad under BDB = ר ח ב??? = hands = literally wide of two רח ידים Rare. 27 creeping things, moving things under BDB 943a. = ר מ שׂ (104:26) utensil. II = vessel, אנה a ship under BDB 58a. Root = א נ יּ ה serpent, sea dragon, leviathan (poetry and rare) under BDB 531a. Root = ל ו י ת ן encircle. III = turn, twist, wind, surround, לוה 427b. form, fashion under BDB = יצר play. under BDB 965b. Here sport, (צחק "laugh" (parallel = שׂחק 3mp endings in this psalm? A characteristic also of וּן What is with the יהלכון Deuteronomy. Grammatical note = The relative pronoun זוּ who, which, that. The relative pronoun זוּ is rare (also spelled זוּ and (ז ה and occurs only in poetry. See Williams 129a. Ed = And that might be where demonstrative adjectives come from? (104:27) think. ס ב ר II = Piel wait, hope (Aramaism) under BDB 969a. Arm שׂבר 28 לתת (104:28) 26 Qumran omits.. הרבה Qumran adds 27 28 Qumran adds להם so to give to them.
9 pick or gather up, (specifically) glean under BDB 544b. Arb laqaṭa pick = לקט.נ ק ט and ל ק ט up (as a bird, grains, and so on). Arm be sated, satisfied, surfeited under BDB 959a. Akk šebû. Arb sabiʿa. Arm = שׂב ע.ס ב ע 29 טוב (104:29) = Niphal be disturbed, dismayed, terrified; be in haste, hasty (late) under בהל BDB 96a. 30 תסתיר פני ך יבהלון.ת ס ף = א gather, remove under BDB 62a. Note form with loss of = אסף [check]. expire, perish, die under BDB 157a. Arb jaaʿa be empty, hungry = ג ו ע Not hollow verb! (104:30) 1018a. send, Piel send away, dismiss (including divorce) under BDB = שׁלח Arm.שׁ ל ח Arb saraḥa (r = l) send forth, drive cattle to pasture, send messenger, and so on. Akk probably šalû send, hurl? cutting, shape, create under BDB 135a. Arb bara(y) form, fashioned by = ברא shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow, also baraʾa create. Ph ברא incisor, a trade involving cutting. Akk barû make, create. Sab הברא.ב ר א found, build. Arm Arm.חדש = Piel (only) renew, repair (poetry and late) under BDB 293b. Ph חדשׁ renew. Akk adāšu.החדת Arb ḥadata be new. Sab.ח דּ שׁ (104:31) 29 Syriac omits so they are satisfied (full stop). 30 Qumran omits, a few manuscripts תסתר (not sure what the difference is supposed to be). Discomfort with the idea of God hiding his face?
10 (104:32) 31 לארץ 613b. = Piel/Hiphil look, regard, pay attention to under BDB נבט sky). "tremble, quake" under BDB 944b. Arb raʿada thunder (said of = רעד Rare. (denominative) "smoke, be wroth" under BDB 798b. = עשׁן (104:33) = Piel (only) "make music in praise of God" under BDB 274a. Arb zamara זמר.ז מּ ר "pipe, play (on a reed)". Arm (104:34) 967a. complaint, musing under BDB = שׂ יח 976a. (denominative) muse, complain, (poetry) talk (of) under BDB = שׂיח 787a. III = be sweet, pleasing under BDB ערב (104:35) Niphal תמם י תּ מּוּ be completed, finished under BDB 1070a. Note form = תמם prefix 3mp. 32 33 חטאים 34 מן הארץ 957a. wicked, criminal under BDB = ר שׁ ע they- Interesting grammatical structure. Literally and wicked still ורשׁעים עוד אינם are-not.. אל הארץ Qumran 31 32 :Qumran pr כאשר so?. חוטאים Qumran 33. מארץ Qumran 34
11 35 הללו יהּ 35 Manuscript, Syriac omits, many manuscripts, editions ;הללו יהויה Septuagint moves to beginning of Psalm 105.