הַמּוֹלִ֨יכֲךָ֜ (ham·mō·w·lî·ḵă·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 8:15: Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Hifil

Participle

Not marked

Masculine

Singular

Construct

Art

Second person masculine singular

Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

The participle describes the actor or action in the sentence, giving the line a concrete, ongoing, or characteristic force in context.

This form carries the BSB rendering "He led" within Deuteronomy 8:15. Deuteronomy 8 calls Israel to remember the wilderness, receive the land as gift, and resist the pride that forgets the Lord's provision.

The description of the Lord in Deuteronomy 8:15 as the one who led Israel through the great and terrifying wilderness

The articular Hifil participle with a second-person masculine singular suffix, functioning as a descriptive title-like clause

It identifies the Lord by His wilderness-leading action toward Israel, making remembrance concrete rather than abstract.

It does not prove a general doctrine of guidance from the stem alone, and the participle should not be made to decide duration apart from the verse.

High: The form identifies the Lord by His wilderness-leading action in a passage warning Israel not to forget Him.

Articular Hifil participle with second-person masculine singular suffix. describes the Lord as the one who led you through the wilderness. Attached to the description of the Lord's action in Deuteronomy 8:15. Governed by the article, participial form, and suffix relation in the remembrance clause. The participle is descriptive in the clause and should be read with the wilderness context.

What action identifies the Lord in this verse? He led Israel through the great and terrifying wilderness.

Direct: The articular participle with suffix directly supports a rendering such as "He led you" or "the one who led you."

A participle can describe an actor or action; Deuteronomy 8:15 uses it to identify the Lord by His wilderness-leading action. The Hifil stem contributes to the caused/led action in context, but the stem alone does not define the whole theology of guidance. The second-person suffix marks the addressed people as the object, and the verse supplies the historical setting.

Participle proves ongoing action in every sense: The participle describes the Lord by His action here; duration and emphasis come from Deuteronomy 8. Hifil always means causative in a mechanically complete way: Hifil helps describe the led/caused movement here, but the verse supplies the sense and theological force. suffix alone defines the audience theology: The suffix marks "you" grammatically; Deuteronomy identifies Israel as the addressed people.

The BSB+ row for Deuteronomy 8:15 links the English rendering "He led" with הַמּוֹלִ֨יכֲךָ֜, Strong's H1980, and the morphology label Art | V-Hifil-Prtcpl-msc | 2ms.

H1980 is represented here by the lemma הָלַךְ. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "He led" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.

The article and participle form a descriptive expression, and the attached 2ms suffix identifies Israel as the addressed object. In Deuteronomy 8:15, the form belongs to the call to remember the Lord's wilderness care.

Deuteronomy 8 calls Israel to remember the wilderness, receive the land as gift, and resist the pride that forgets the Lord's provision.

The form fits Deuteronomy's covenant pattern: redemption is remembered, the command is heard, and obedience is taught as life before the Lord.

When teaching Deuteronomy 8:15, use this form to show that the verse identifies the Lord by His concrete leading action through danger and need.

Do not derive a full theology of guidance, providence, or wilderness testing from Art | V-Hifil-Prtcpl-msc | 2ms alone. The form marks this descriptive leading relation in the verse.