Psalms 11:0

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ לְדָ֫וִ֥ד (נודו)

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

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לַ מְנַצֵּ֗חַ

לַ

Prefix — preposition to, for + "the" (the article is absorbed into the prefix)

מְנַצֵּ֗חַ

Root word musician, overseers, set, singer, perpetual, …

Dictionary form: נָצַח · naw-TSA

לַ

Hidden "the" לַ = the preposition + the article הַ squeezed together: the "a" vowel under the prefix is the swallowed "the". Translate "to the ___".

Verb — Piel, Participle Active, masculine singular, absolute state intensive — "he really / thoroughly did" ongoing action — try "___ing" or "one who ___s"

In the KJV here: to the chief musician

to the chief musician ×55 to set forward ×2 and the overseers ×1 and were overseers ×1 by a perpetual ×1 overseers ×1 to excel ×1 to oversee ×1

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oversee — Best for supervisory or administrative contexts.

lead — Broad fit for musical or organizational leadership.

direct — Good for liturgical or musical directing roles.

excel — Captures the root sense of preeminence or distinction.

supervise — Formal register; suits temple-worker oversight passages.

endure perpetually — For rare uses emphasizing permanence or eternity.

BDB5331 H5329

I. [נָצַח] verb be pre-eminent, enduring (Ecclus [Pi`el] make brilliant Eccl 43:5; Eccl 43:13 [?] (compare Oxford ed.^xxxiii); Late Hebrew נָצַח conquer, etc.; Phoenician נצח, Aramaic נְצַח, shine, be illustrious, pre-eminent, victorious; Arabic be pure, reliable; Ethiopic be pure, innocent; both classes of meaning probably derived form shine, be bright, brilliant, see also Dr^{1Sam 15:29}); —

Niph`al Participle active feminine נִצַּ֫חַת Jer 8:5 enduring (מְשֻׁבָה apostasy).

Piel = act as overseer, superintendent, director, only Chronicles and Psalm-titles; — Infinitive לְנַצֵּחַ 1Chr 15:21 + 4 t.; participle לַמְנַצֵּחַ Hab 3:19; Ps 4:1 + 54 t. Psalms; plural מְנַצְּחִים 2Chr 2:1; 2Chr 2:17; 2Chr 34:13 —

1. in building temple 2Chr 2:1; 2Chr 2:17; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 3:9, compare 2Chr 34:12; 2Chr 34:13.

2. in ministry of house of ׳י 1Chr 23:4.

3. in liturgical service of song, עלהֿשׁמינית, over the bass voices, leading them with כִּנֹּרוֺת 1Chr 15:21 לַמְנַצֵּחַ in titles Psalms has probably simile meaning, = musical director or choirmaster; Greek Vrss. of 2nd cent. A.D., Aq Theod Sym, and so Jerome, think of Aramaic victorious, but no clear explanation; ᵐ5 εἰς τὸ τέλος (probably לַמִּנְצָח) follows ordinary meaning of noun נֵצַח, which may be explained in eschatological sense as referring to end of age of world after Euseb Theod; or for full rendering after De; neither satisfactory. Chronicles, near in date, gives the clue which is intrinsically probably: לְ indicates, not assignment (nothing special in these Psalms to suggest it, and assignment of Psalms for such use a matter of course), but that these Psalms were taken by final editor from an older major Psalter known as the Director's Collection, compare the still earlier collections known as (ל)דוד, (ל)אסף, (ל)בני קרח. The 55 Psalms with למנצח were taken 39 from Davidic, 9 from Korahite, and 5 from Asaphic Psalters; only 2 anonymous. Hab 3 originally belonged to Director's Psalter. This and other Director's Psalms have musical directions in titles. The Director's Psalter was probably the prayer-book of synagogue of Greek period, presupposed by our Hab., the collection of the twelve Minor Prophets, the prophetic canon, and Daniel (see Br^{Gen. Intr. 123}).

BDB9717 H5329 H5330

[נְצַח] verb Hithpa. distinguish oneself (see Biblical Hebrew I. נצח); — Participle מִתְנַצַּח Dan 6:4, עַל person

musician, overseers, set, singer, perpetual, …

nāṣaḥ

properly, to glitter from afar, i.e., to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent

to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring

(Niphal) enduring (participle)

נוּדִי

Root word bemoan, remove, vagabond, wag, wandering, …

Dictionary form: נוּד · nood

Verb — Qal, Imperative, second person feminine singular simple action — "he did" a command — try "___!" the built-in subject is "you"

and a vagabond ×2 bemoan ×2 remove ×2 and shall be removed ×1 and they bemoaned ×1 and wag ×1 bemoaning himself ×1 by wandering ×1

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wander — Best for physical, aimless movement; most broadly applicable.

mourn — Best when context emphasizes grief or lamentation.

lament — Slightly more formal than mourn; suits poetic/prophetic texts.

show sympathy — Fits relational contexts of consoling or pitying another.

shake — Use for physical nodding or wagging of the head in sorrow.

flee — For contexts of driven-out or restless displacement.

BDB5035 H5110

נוּד verb move to and fro, wander, flutter, shew grief (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Aramaic נוּד, shake, move to and fro, be disturbed, agitated; Biblical Aramaic flee (see below); Arabic () waver, totter); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular נָד so read for ᵑ0 נֵד Isa 17:11 Ges Hi Ew Di Kit Che^Hpt RV; 3 plural נָ֫דוּ Jer 50:3 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָנוּד 1Kgs 14:15 + 3 t.; 2 masculine singular תָּנוּד Jer 4:1 jussive תָּנֹד Jer 16:5 3 masculine plural וַיָּנֻ֫דוּ Job 42:11 2 masculine plural תָּנֻ֫דוּ Jer 22:10 Imperative feminine singular פָנ֫וּדִי Ps 11:1 Qr (Kt נודו); masculine plural נֻ֫דוּ Jer 48:17 + 2 t. Jeremiah; Infinitive לָנוּד Job 2:11 + 2 t.; Participle נָד Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14 —

1. a. move to and fro, wander aimlessly, as fugitive, נָע וָנָד Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14 (J), Jer 4:1 (Gie, as apodosis, so RV; but Ew Hi Gf Che Ke, as protasis, if thou wanderest not [morally], and swearest, etc., — Ew Hi reading with ᵐ5 שׁקוציך מִפִּיךָ וּמִפָּנַי לא תנוד; Co strike out vJer 4:1 vJer 4:2); take flight (perhaps metaplastic form of נדד q. v.), נֻסוּ נֻּדוּ מְאֹד Jer 49:30 (on daghesh see Ges^{«GKC:20g»§ 20g}), of harvest Isa 17:21 i.e. be destroyed, in figure (see above); Jer 50:3 (|| הלך), vJer 50:8 (followed by מִתּוֺךְ; || יצא).
b. flutter, of bird Prov 26:2 (|| עוּף); figurative of soul Ps 11:1.
c. waver, wave, shake, of reed 1Kgs 14:15 (simile of smitten Israel).

2. shew grief (i. e. by shaking or nodding head), usually followed by ל person:
a. lament for the dead (Josiah) Jer 22:10 (|| בכה), for Jerusalem Jer 15:5 (|| חמל), Jer 16:5 (|| ספד), Isa 51:19 for Nineveh Nah 3:7 Moab Jer 48:17.
b. condole, shew sympathy with Job 2:11; Job 42:11 absolute Ps 69:21. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָנִיד Jer 18:16 3 feminine singular suffix תְּנִדֵנִי Ps 36:12 Imperative masculine singular suffix הֲנִידֵ֑מוֺ Ps 59:12 (so read for ᵑ0 הורידמו ᵑ6 Lag^{Proph. Chald, xlviii.} Dr^{2Sam 15:20} compare Che^{critical note} Hup-Now Bae Du); Infinitive לְהָנִיד 2Kgs 21:8 —

1. cause to wander aimlessly, as fugitives, with accusative of person Ps 36:12; Ps 59:12 (see above), followed by רֶגֶל 2Kgs 21:8.

2. make a wagging, wag with the head, בְּראֹשׁ Jer 18:16. Hoph`al Participle כְּקוֺץ מֻנָֿד 2Sam 23:6 and the worthless, like briers made to flutter (tossed away) are they (text dubious; Klo Bu HPS read מדבר). Hithpo`lel Perfect 3 feminine singular וְהִתְנוֺדֲדָה consecutive Isa 24:20 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּתְנוֺדָ֑ד Jer 48:27 Participle מִתְנוֺדֵד Jer 31:18 —

1. move oneself to and fro, sway, totter, Isa 24:20 (of earth).

2. shake oneself, in excitement Jer 48:27 (perhaps of scorn = wag the head, as Hiph`il Jer 18:16 compare Gf RV).

3. bemoan oneself (compare Qal 2), Jer 31:18 (the lament follows in oratio recta [direct speech]).

BDB9699 H5075 H5111 H5110

[נוּד] verb flee (ᵑ7 Syriac; compare [נְדַד] above and Biblical Hebrew נוּד 1 a); —

Pe`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular תְּנֻד מִן Dan 4:11.

bemoan, remove, vagabond, wag, wandering, …

nûd

to nod, i.e., waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt

to shake, waver, wander, move to and fro, flutter, show grief, have compassion on

(Qal)

to move to and fro, wander (aimlessly), take flight

to lament, condole, show sympathy

to cause to wander (aimlessly)

to move oneself to and fro, sway, totter

This book is chanted to the poetic accent system (used only in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs). Each group below ends at one of its pausing accents — translate a group as one unit.

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ Revia Gadol — a lesser break לְדָ֫וִ֥ד Ole We-Yored — the strongest pause of a poetic verse נודו

לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

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