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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
ALEPH
This is the name of the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Blessed are those
"How good it is for those"
those whose ways are blameless
How a person behaves is spoken of as "ways" or "paths." AT: "those whose behavior is blameless" or "those whom no one can blame for doing wrong" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
who walk in the law of Yahweh
The way a person lives or behaves is spoken of as walking. AT: "who live according to the law of Yahweh" or "who obey the law of Yahweh." This phrase clarifies the meaning of "whose ways are blameless" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
who seek him with all their heart
To "seek" God means to want to know him.
with all their heart
This is an idiom which means intensely or sincerely. AT: "with all their being" or "with everything in them" or "sincerely" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)