Psalms 44:12

44:12 You sold ¹  your people for a pittance; ² 

you did not ask a high price for them. ³ 

Isaiah 52:3

52:3 For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and you will not be redeemed for money.”

Isaiah 52:5

52:5 And now, what do we have here?” ⁴  says the Lord.

“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,

those who rule over them taunt,” ⁵  says the Lord,

“and my name is constantly slandered ⁶  all day long.

[44:12]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[44:12]  ² tn Heb “for what is not wealth.”

[44:12]  ³ tn Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”

[52:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”

[52:5]  ⁵ tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”

[52:5]  ⁶ tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.