Step by Step Exegesis

This is a simple verse-by-verse exercise from for OT 603 used as an in class illustration of the translation and lexical/syntactical analysis process of Scripture study.

Psalm 15:1

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד

HALOT identifies the noun as follows:

The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament מִזְמוֹר

מִזְמוֹר, Sec. μαζμωρ, Or. (Kahle Text) מִ׳: I זמר, < *mazmur, Bauer-L. Heb. 493z; MHeb.2, JArm.g, Arb. flute, ʿÖteb. mizmāre small pipes (→ KBL): a song sung to an instrumental accompaniment, Mowinckel Offersang 492; Delekat ZAW 76:280ff: → זִמְרָה: —1. worldly song Sir 491; —2. > tech. term for psalm (Arb. zabūr, Fraenkel 248) Ps 3-6, 8f, 12f, 15, 19-24, 29-31, 38-41, 47-51, 62-68, 73, 75-77, 79f, 82-85, 87f, 92, 98, 100f, 108-110, 139-141, 143; Sir 445. †

The prepositional phrase completes the heading by identifying the author.

יְ֭הֹוָה מִי־יָג֣וּר בְּאָהֳלֶ֑ךָ

מִֽי־יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ן

בְּהַ֣ר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: With Westminster Hebrew Morphology., electronic ed. (Stuttgart; Glenside PA: German Bible Society; Westminster Seminary, 1996), .