לְגַדֵּ֥ל (lə·ḡad·dêl) in 1 Chronicles 29:12: Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
לְגַדֵּ֥ל (lə·ḡad·dêl) in 1 Chronicles 29:12
Source Word
1 Chronicles 29:12 row 11 aligns the lamed-prefixed H1431 Piel infinitive with to exalt in the phrase about power and might in God's hands.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
To exalt belongs with to give strength to all, showing two expressions of the power and might that the verse locates in God's hands. The BSB's to exalt fits the lamed infinitive within an ability construction, while the absence of a suffix leaves its recipient to the wider coordinated statement.
How To Communicate It
Attach the lamed infinitive to the ability phrase, recover God as agent from the surrounding confession, and read exalt together with giving strength rather than as a stand-alone promise.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not infer a guaranteed promotion for the reader or claim that a nonfinite Piel form names its agent without help from the clause.
- The infinitive has no suffix, so the immediate phrase does not grammatically identify one particular recipient of exaltation.
- The form does not promise wealth, rank, or advancement to every worshiper, name a human subject, or make exaltation the only action attributed to God's hands.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Piel
Inf
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Lamed preposition
None
The lamed-prefixed Piel infinitive names one action within the ability phrase in Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all. It has no pronominal suffix or finite person marking; the clause identifies God as the possessor and agent of this power.
The infinitive contributes the purpose or capacity to exalt within David's praise of God's universal rule and powerful generosity.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The declaration that riches and honor come from God, who rules over all and holds power and might in His hands
The coordinated ability phrase that names God's capacity both to exalt and to give strength to everyone
The infinitive contributes the purpose or capacity to exalt within David's praise of God's universal rule and powerful generosity.
The form does not promise wealth, rank, or advancement to every worshiper, name a human subject, or make exaltation the only action attributed to God's hands.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form helps complete David's confession that the capacity to raise up and strengthen rests in God's hands.
The lamed-prefixed Piel infinitive names one action within the ability phrase in Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all. It has no pronominal suffix or finite person marking; the clause identifies God as the possessor and agent of this power.. The infinitive contributes the purpose or capacity to exalt within David's praise of God's universal rule and powerful generosity.. Attached to the declaration that riches and honor come from God, who rules over all and holds power and might in His hands. Governed by the coordinated ability phrase that names God's capacity both to exalt and to give strength to everyone. The form does not promise wealth, rank, or advancement to every worshiper, name a human subject, or make exaltation the only action attributed to God's hands.
Whose ability does to exalt describe in 1 Chronicles 29:12? It describes God's ability: power and might are in His hands to exalt and to give strength to all.
Direct: The BSB's to exalt fits the lamed infinitive within an ability construction, while the absence of a suffix leaves its recipient to the wider coordinated statement.
The infinitive has no suffix, so the immediate phrase does not grammatically identify one particular recipient of exaltation. The lamed construction can express purpose or capacity here; the parallel infinitive and power statement favor an ability-oriented English reading.
The infinitive assigned finite person or a hidden suffix, or divine agency claimed from morphology rather than the governing clause: Do not infer a guaranteed promotion for the reader or claim that a nonfinite Piel form names its agent without help from the clause. to exalt converted into a personal promise of status, riches, or public success: Keep "to exalt" connected to לְגַדֵּ֥ל, row 11, and the full 1 Chronicles 29:12 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
1 Chronicles 29:12 row 11 aligns the lamed-prefixed H1431 Piel infinitive with to exalt in the phrase about power and might in God's hands.
This row 11 H1431 witness concerns God's ability to exalt within a doxology, distinct from growth, child-rearing, or self-magnification in other contexts.
The lamed-prefixed Piel infinitive names one action within the ability phrase in Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all. It has no pronominal suffix or finite person marking; the clause identifies God as the possessor and agent of this power.
In 1 Chronicles 29:10-13, David blesses the Lord as ruler over all and confesses that wealth, honor, power, exaltation, and strength depend upon Him.
This confession grounds the assembly's giving in God's prior ownership and rule; it is not a prosperity formula or a guarantee of earthly prominence.
Attach the lamed infinitive to the ability phrase, recover God as agent from the surrounding confession, and read exalt together with giving strength rather than as a stand-alone promise.
Do not infer a guaranteed promotion for the reader or claim that a nonfinite Piel form names its agent without help from the clause.