כַּבְּד֑וּהוּ (kab·bə·ḏū·hū) in Psalms 22:23: Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine singular
כַּבְּד֑וּהוּ (kab·bə·ḏū·hū) in Psalms 22:23
Source Word
The Psalms 22:23 BSB+ word-table row 7 anchors כַּבְּד֑וּהוּ as H3513, V-Piel-Imp-mp | 3ms, for the rendering "honor Him."
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Honor Him keeps the plural worshiping community and the singular divine object visible, showing that the rescued sufferer's testimony summons a shared response. Honor Him represents the plural command and the attached masculine singular object without making the English pronoun carry the psalm's full identification of the Lord.
How To Communicate It
Place the command after the declaration that the Lord heard the afflicted one, then identify the plural hearers and the singular object before tracing the surrounding praise verbs.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make Piel mean intensely honor or detach the command from the Lord's deliverance.
- The imperative marks a plural audience, while the suffix identifies the singular object.
- Piel does not define honor by intensity alone or detach this command from the psalm's response to deliverance.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Piel
Imp
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Third person masculine singular
The plural Piel imperative addresses the worshipers, while the attached third-person masculine singular suffix identifies the Lord as the one they must honor.
The command places Jacob's descendants together as hearers and directs their honor toward the Lord.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The summons directed to Jacob's descendants within the psalm's public praise section
The testimony that the Lord heard the afflicted one and now calls the gathered community to respond
The command places Jacob's descendants together as hearers and directs their honor toward the Lord.
Piel does not define honor by intensity alone or detach this command from the psalm's response to deliverance.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form gathers a plural audience around the Lord within the psalm's turn to public praise.
The plural Piel imperative addresses the worshipers, while the attached third-person masculine singular suffix identifies the Lord as the one they must honor.. The command places Jacob's descendants together as hearers and directs their honor toward the Lord.. Attached to the summons directed to Jacob's descendants within the psalm's public praise section. Governed by the testimony that the Lord heard the afflicted one and now calls the gathered community to respond. Piel does not define honor by intensity alone or detach this command from the psalm's response to deliverance.
Who is commanded to honor whom in Psalms 22:23? The plural covenant community is commanded to honor the Lord, marked by the attached suffix.
Direct: Honor Him represents the plural command and the attached masculine singular object without making the English pronoun carry the psalm's full identification of the Lord.
The imperative marks a plural audience, while the suffix identifies the singular object. The praise setting, not Piel alone, gives honor its force.
V-Piel-Imp-mp | 3ms at Psalms 22:23 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not make Piel mean intensely honor or detach the command from the Lord's deliverance. the English rendering "honor Him" detached from its Hebrew form: Keep "honor Him" connected to כַּבְּד֑וּהוּ, row 7, and the full Psalms 22:23 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Psalms 22:23 BSB+ word-table row 7 anchors כַּבְּד֑וּהוּ as H3513, V-Piel-Imp-mp | 3ms, for the rendering "honor Him."
For h3513-psalms-22-23-v-piel-imp-mp-3ms, כָּבַד is the lemma behind "honor Him" at row 7; this exact token keeps H3513 tied to Psalms 22:23.
The plural Piel imperative addresses the worshipers, while the attached third-person masculine singular suffix identifies the Lord as the one they must honor.
Psalms 22:23 turns testimony of deliverance into corporate praise through the summons praise Him, honor Him, and revere Him.
This command belongs to the psalm's movement from individual affliction to congregational witness; honor language elsewhere must be interpreted within its own speaker, audience, and purpose.
Place the command after the declaration that the Lord heard the afflicted one, then identify the plural hearers and the singular object before tracing the surrounding praise verbs.
Do not make Piel mean intensely honor or detach the command from the Lord's deliverance.