חַיָּ֑י (ḥay·yāy) in Psalms 23:6: Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
חַיָּ֑י (ḥay·yāy) in Psalms 23:6
Source Word
At Psalms 23:6, the source token חַיָּ֑י is H2416, N-mpc | 1cs. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Of my life represents the construct relation and first-person suffix attached to the Hebrew life noun. The Shepherd's goodness and covenant mercy pursue the psalmist across the whole span of his lived days.
How To Communicate It
Emphasize my as personal testimony and all the days as comprehensive confidence in the Shepherd's pursuing care.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the plural form a numerical clue to lifespan or derive resurrection solely from of my life.
- The plural-shaped noun commonly denotes life as a whole rather than multiple lives.
- Read of my life within Psalms 23:6 as this H2416 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
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Masculine
Plural
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1Cs
This possessive noun marks personal duration; the following dwelling line extends the psalm's hope beyond mere counting.
The masculine plural construct noun carries a first common singular suffix and completes the preceding phrase all the days.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The days measured as belonging to the psalmist's life
The confidence that goodness and mercy will pursue him throughout those days
The construct life noun with first-person suffix defines whose days are in view: all the days of my life.
The suffix does not by itself state the length of life or prove the full doctrine of immortality.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Moderate: The Shepherd's goodness and covenant mercy pursue the psalmist across the whole span of his lived days.
The masculine plural construct noun carries a first common singular suffix and completes the preceding phrase all the days.. The construct life noun with first-person suffix defines whose days are in view: all the days of my life.. Attached to the days measured as belonging to the psalmist's life. Governed by the confidence that goodness and mercy will pursue him throughout those days. The suffix does not by itself state the length of life or prove the full doctrine of immortality.
What does of my life add to all the days? It makes the duration personal and comprehensive, gathering every day the psalmist lives under the Shepherd's care.
Direct: Of my life represents the construct relation and first-person suffix attached to the Hebrew life noun.
The plural-shaped noun commonly denotes life as a whole rather than multiple lives. The closing forever deepens the horizon, but this occurrence itself defines the days as the psalmist's lived span.
Plural noun means reincarnated lives: The form is the ordinary Hebrew expression for a person's life, not multiple existences. possessive suffix proves immortality: The suffix identifies the psalmist's life; the canon must establish hope beyond death.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Psalms 23:6, the source token חַיָּ֑י is H2416, N-mpc | 1cs. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
חַי is the lemma behind of my life here. Within Psalms 23:6, H2416 retains this exact lexical identity.
The masculine plural construct noun carries a first common singular suffix and completes the preceding phrase all the days.
The Shepherd's goodness and covenant mercy pursue the psalmist across the whole span of his lived days.
God's faithful care accompanies embodied life and leads into lasting fellowship, while eternal hope rests on more than a suffix.
Emphasize my as personal testimony and all the days as comprehensive confidence in the Shepherd's pursuing care.
Do not make the plural form a numerical clue to lifespan or derive resurrection solely from of my life.