נָ֝כ֗וֹן (nā·ḵō·wn) in Psalms 51:10: Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
נָ֝כ֗וֹן (nā·ḵō·wn) in Psalms 51:10
Source Word
At Psalms 51:10, the source token נָ֝כ֗וֹן is H3559, V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
A right is concise English for the participle's established or steadfast quality in this prayer. David asks God not only to forgive but to recreate and stabilize his inner life for faithful obedience.
How To Communicate It
Explain right as stable and well-established in context, then connect it to renew within me rather than abstract perfection.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not identify this human spirit automatically with the Holy Spirit or promise sinless stability from one participle.
- The participle can be heard as prepared, firm, steadfast, or right; the renewal context favors stable moral orientation.
- Read a right within Psalms 51:10 as this H3559 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Nifal
Prtcpl
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Participial form describes the desired enduring quality of the renewed spirit rather than a single momentary action.
The Nifal participle agrees with masculine singular spirit and portrays a condition of being established or made firm.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The spirit David asks God to renew within him
The parallel petition for a clean heart and renewed inner steadfastness
The masculine singular Nifal participle functions adjectivally, describing the requested spirit as established, steadfast, or right.
Right does not mean morally flawless by morphology alone or refer to the Holy Spirit in this token.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: David asks God not only to forgive but to recreate and stabilize his inner life for faithful obedience.
The Nifal participle agrees with masculine singular spirit and portrays a condition of being established or made firm.. The masculine singular Nifal participle functions adjectivally, describing the requested spirit as established, steadfast, or right.. Attached to the spirit David asks God to renew within him. Governed by the parallel petition for a clean heart and renewed inner steadfastness. Right does not mean morally flawless by morphology alone or refer to the Holy Spirit in this token.
What kind of spirit is David asking God to renew? He asks for an inner disposition made firm and steadfast, able to remain rightly oriented toward God.
Direct: A right is concise English for the participle's established or steadfast quality in this prayer.
The participle can be heard as prepared, firm, steadfast, or right; the renewal context favors stable moral orientation. Spirit may denote David's inner disposition here, while the next verse separately names God's Holy Spirit.
Right means sinless perfection: The psalmist remains dependent on renewal and sustaining grace. same word spirit means same referent: Within me points to David's renewed inner spirit; Your Holy Spirit is separately addressed in the next verse.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Psalms 51:10, the source token נָ֝כ֗וֹן is H3559, V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
כּוּן is the lemma behind a right here. Within Psalms 51:10, H3559 retains this exact lexical identity.
The Nifal participle agrees with masculine singular spirit and portrays a condition of being established or made firm.
David asks God not only to forgive but to recreate and stabilize his inner life for faithful obedience.
Renewal includes divinely established steadfastness, while the prayer remains the plea of a dependent, repentant person.
Explain right as stable and well-established in context, then connect it to renew within me rather than abstract perfection.
Do not identify this human spirit automatically with the Holy Spirit or promise sinless stability from one participle.