נדיבים Ps. 113:7-8
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:13 am
We read there
מְקִימִי מֵעָפָר דָּל מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן
לְהוֹשִׁיבִי עִם נְדִיבִים עִם נְדִיבֵי עַמּוֹ
NIV: "He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people"
The first thing we notice about נְדִיבִים is that it is spelled always in full with a yod, which explains the absence of a dagesh in the following bet and the reading NeDIYVIYM rather than NeDIYBIYM.
Otherwise, נְדִיבִים is from the root נדב, which is a member of the root family
נדב, נצב, נשב, נתב
נדף, נזף, נטף, נשף
צב, צףand hence a נָדִיב is a נָצִיב as in 2Sam. 8:6
וַיָּשֶׂם דָּוִד נְצִבִים בַּאֲרַם דַּמֶּשֶׂק
further related to Gen. 37:7
הִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם נִצָּבָה
NIV: "when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright"
Isaac Fried, Boston University
מְקִימִי מֵעָפָר דָּל מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן
לְהוֹשִׁיבִי עִם נְדִיבִים עִם נְדִיבֵי עַמּוֹ
NIV: "He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people"
The first thing we notice about נְדִיבִים is that it is spelled always in full with a yod, which explains the absence of a dagesh in the following bet and the reading NeDIYVIYM rather than NeDIYBIYM.
Otherwise, נְדִיבִים is from the root נדב, which is a member of the root family
נדב, נצב, נשב, נתב
נדף, נזף, נטף, נשף
צב, צףand hence a נָדִיב is a נָצִיב as in 2Sam. 8:6
וַיָּשֶׂם דָּוִד נְצִבִים בַּאֲרַם דַּמֶּשֶׂק
further related to Gen. 37:7
הִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם נִצָּבָה
NIV: "when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright"
Isaac Fried, Boston University