וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥ (wə·hê·ṭiḇ·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 30:5: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥ (wə·hê·ṭiḇ·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 30:5
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Deuteronomy 30:5 links the English rendering "He will cause you to prosper" with וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥, Strong's H3190, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms | 2ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form makes the promise personal and directed: the Lord is the acting subject, and the restored people are the recipients of his good action.
How To Communicate It
Use this form to show how Hebrew can attach the recipient to the verb while the clause presents the Lord as the one causing good.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make an attached prefix carry more interpretive weight than the sentence gives it.
- Do not treat the attached suffix as a full theology of the participant; let the verse identify the relationship.
- Do not treat the Hebrew perfect as a simple English past tense in every passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Hifil
Conjunctive perfect
Third
Masculine
Singular
Conj-w
Second person masculine singular
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
The conjunctive perfect is tied to the surrounding clause and should be read from that flow rather than flattened into a universal tense rule.
This form carries the BSB rendering "He will cause you to prosper" within Deuteronomy 30:5. Deuteronomy 30 gathers covenant return, the nearness of the command, love for the Lord, obedience, and the call to choose life.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The action rendered "He will cause you to prosper" in Deuteronomy 30:5
The form is governed by the restoration promise in which the Lord brings the people back and does good to them in the land.
It presents the Lord as the one who will bring good to the restored people, with the attached object marking the addressed person as recipient.
The form does not by itself settle every use of H3190, every possible translation, or the whole doctrine connected to this passage.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form joins divine causative action with a direct recipient in a covenant restoration promise.
Waw-linked Hifil verb with attached second-person object. presents the Lord as actor and the addressed person as recipient. Attached to the he will cause you to prosper promise. Governed by the restoration sequence in Deuteronomy 30:5. The Hifil supports causative force, but the covenant context defines the nature of the promised good.
Who acts, and who receives the action? The Lord acts, and the addressed covenant people receive the good he brings.
Direct: The form directly supports he will cause you to prosper or he will do good to you.
The Hifil stem can support causative nuance, but the context determines the kind of causation and good in view. The attached suffix identifies the recipient and should not be treated as a separate theological claim.
Hifil always means a mechanical causative: Hifil supports causative force here, but covenant context defines the promise and its limits.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Deuteronomy 30:5 links the English rendering "He will cause you to prosper" with וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥, Strong's H3190, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms | 2ms.
H3190 is represented here by the lemma יָטַב. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "He will cause you to prosper" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The Hifil stem contributes causative force, the third masculine singular subject fits the Lord in the promise, and the attached second masculine singular suffix identifies the recipient.
Deuteronomy 30 gathers covenant return, the nearness of the command, love for the Lord, obedience, and the call to choose life.
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 30:5, show how the form binds divine action and the addressed people together in the restoration promise.
Do not make Hifil alone prove prosperity theology. The covenant restoration context controls what good and prosper mean here.