בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָ֧ (bə·hō·w·ṣî·’ă·ḵā) in 1 Kings 8:53: Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular

Hifil

Infinitive construct

Second

Masculine

Singular

Prep-b

Second person masculine singular

The prefixed infinitive supplies the time of the Lord's declared separation of Israel, and its second-person suffix matches Solomon's direct address to God. The object our fathers follows separately in the clause.

The form grounds Israel's set-apart status and inheritance language in God's act of bringing the fathers out of Egypt.

The infinitive follows the reference to God's speech through Moses and supplies the time of the remembered exodus action.

Solomon's direct address to the Lord God about Israel as the divine inheritance.

It addresses God as the one who brought the fathers out of Egypt and connects that act with the preceding separation and inheritance claim.

It does not define election from morphology alone, make Israel's status a claim of inherent superiority, or turn masculine grammar into a statement about God's bodily nature.

High: The person-marked infinitive turns exodus remembrance into direct address and supports the prayer's covenant appeal.

Bet-prefixed Hifil infinitive with second-person subject suffix. locates the remembered separation when God brought the fathers out of Egypt. Attached to God's speech and Israel's set-apart inheritance identity. Governed by Solomon's address to the Lord God. The person marking follows the prayer's You address.

Why is the same exodus action addressed as You in this verse? Solomon is speaking directly to God, so the infinitive's suffix marks the subject in the second person.

Interpretive: The prefix gives the temporal when, Hifil gives brought, and the suffix gives You.

Second-person masculine is grammatical agreement and not a biological description of God. The object our fathers is expressed after the infinitive. Covenant separation is a passage-level claim, not an automatic meaning of Hifil.

Masculine grammar defines divine biology: Keep grammatical agreement distinct from claims about God's nature. set apart means inherent ethnic superiority: Ground the claim in God's covenant action, purpose, and wider canonical witness. the suffix proves a whole doctrine of election: Use the grammar to track address, then interpret election from the complete passage.

1 Kings 8:53 token 15 is בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָ֧, H3318, parsed Prep-b | V-Hifil-Inf | 2ms and aligned with when You brought.

יָצָא can describe going or coming out; this Hifil occurrence presents God bringing the fathers out from Egypt.

The second-person suffix agrees with Solomon's You, O Lord God address. The following direct-object phrase names our fathers as those brought out.

Solomon appeals to God's own word and exodus action as he describes Israel's separation from the peoples as God's inheritance.

Israel's election and inheritance should be read through God's covenant purpose, calling, and witness in the wider canon, not as ethnic self-exaltation.

Compare You here with He in verse 21 to show how person marking follows discourse while divine agency remains constant.

Do not turn the suffix's gender into a doctrine of divine embodiment or use the infinitive alone to define covenant election.