PSA 130:6 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. נַפְשִׁ,י
2. 383304,383305
3. Self of my
4. -
5. 5315
6. S-Ncbsc,Sp1cs
7. self_of,my
8. S
9. -
10. 266731
1. לַֽ,אדֹנָ,י
2. 383306,383307,383308
3. for +the of master
4. -
5. 136
6. P-R,Ncmpc,Sp1cs
7. for,[the]_of,Lord
8. -
9. -
10. 266732
1. מִ,שֹּׁמְרִים
2. 383309,383310
3. more than watchmen
4. -
5. 8104
6. SV-R,Vqrmpa
7. more,than_watchmen
8. -
9. -
10. 266733
1. לַ,בֹּקֶר
2. 383311,383312
3. for morning
4. -
5. 1242
6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
7. for,morning
8. -
9. -
10. 266734
1. שֹׁמְרִים
2. 383313
3. watchmen
4. -
5. 8104
6. V-Vqrmpa
7. watchmen
8. -
9. -
10. 266735
1. לַ,בֹּקֶר
2. 383314,383315
3. for morning
4. -
5. 1242
6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
7. for,morning
8. -
9. -
10. 266736
2. 383316
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 266737

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

נַפְשִׁ֥⁠י לַֽ⁠אדֹנָ֑⁠י מִ⁠שֹּׁמְרִ֥ים לַ֝⁠בֹּ֗קֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,my for,[the]_of,Lord more,than_watchmen for,morning watchmen for,morning )

The point of this comparison is that just as watchmen stand on guard and eagerly watch for the morning, the psalmist eagerly anticipates the Lord’s help. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [I eagerly anticipate the Lord’s help just as eagerly as watchmen wait for the morning]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

נַפְשִׁ֥⁠י לַֽ⁠אדֹנָ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,my for,[the]_of,Lord more,than_watchmen for,morning watchmen for,morning )

The psalmist is leaving out one of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the previous verse if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [My soul waits for the Lord]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשִׁ֥⁠י לַֽ⁠אדֹנָ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,my for,[the]_of,Lord more,than_watchmen for,morning watchmen for,morning )

The psalmist is using the term soul to mean the entire person from the perspective of his spiritual and emotional existence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [I myself wait for the Lord]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מִ⁠שֹּׁמְרִ֥ים לַ֝⁠בֹּ֗קֶר שֹׁמְרִ֥ים לַ⁠בֹּֽקֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,my for,[the]_of,Lord more,than_watchmen for,morning watchmen for,morning )

The psalmist is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the previous verse if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [more than watchmen wait for the morning, watchmen wait for the morning]

Note 5 topic: writing-poetry

מִ⁠שֹּׁמְרִ֥ים לַ֝⁠בֹּ֗קֶר שֹׁמְרִ֥ים לַ⁠בֹּֽקֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,my for,[the]_of,Lord more,than_watchmen for,morning watchmen for,morning )

The phrase watchmen for the morning is repeated as a poetic device for emphasis. If your language has a poetic way to indicate the emotion of this phrase, you could use it here. Alternate translation: [more than watchmen for the morning, even more eagerly than watchmen waiting for the morning]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.

OET interlinear PSA 130:6

Hebrew word order

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)