עַנֹּֽתְךָ֗ (‘an·nō·ṯə·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 8:16: Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
עַנֹּֽתְךָ֗ (‘an·nō·ṯə·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 8:16
Source Word
The Deuteronomy 8:16 BSB+ word-table row 9 anchors עַנֹּֽתְךָ֗ as H6031, V-Piel-Inf | 2ms, for the rendering "humble you."
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Humble you is an infinitive governed by the purpose statement, so the humbling is read alongside testing, manna, and the declared good at the verse's end. Humble you preserves the attached second-person participant, while in order to in the surrounding English clause supplies the purpose relation.
How To Communicate It
Keep manna, humbling, testing, and the final good in one sentence so the infinitive is not isolated into a theology of humiliation.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not use the Piel infinitive as permission for spiritual abuse or separate the humbling from provision, testing, and the good named in Deuteronomy 8:16.
- The infinitive itself does not name the subject; the surrounding verse identifies the Lord as the one who fed and acted toward Israel.
- The form does not sanctify humiliation by human leaders or detach wilderness discipline from the Lord's provision and intended good.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Piel
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Second person masculine singular
The Piel infinitive names humbling as one purpose of the wilderness provision, and the attached second-person suffix identifies Israel as the one humbled. The preceding in order to supplies the purpose relation.
The infinitive places humble you beside test you as a divine purpose that serves the verse's stated good end.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The stated purpose of the Lord's manna provision in the wilderness
The sequence of feeding, humbling, testing, and finally causing good for the covenant people
The infinitive places humble you beside test you as a divine purpose that serves the verse's stated good end.
The form does not sanctify humiliation by human leaders or detach wilderness discipline from the Lord's provision and intended good.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form places Israel's humbling inside a purpose chain that begins with manna and ends with the Lord's stated good.
The Piel infinitive names humbling as one purpose of the wilderness provision, and the attached second-person suffix identifies Israel as the one humbled. The preceding in order to supplies the purpose relation.. The infinitive places humble you beside test you as a divine purpose that serves the verse's stated good end.. Attached to the stated purpose of the Lord's manna provision in the wilderness. Governed by the sequence of feeding, humbling, testing, and finally causing good for the covenant people. The form does not sanctify humiliation by human leaders or detach wilderness discipline from the Lord's provision and intended good.
How does humble you function within the purpose statement of Deuteronomy 8:16? It names Israel's humbling as one purpose of the Lord's wilderness provision and testing on the way to their good.
Direct: Humble you preserves the attached second-person participant, while in order to in the surrounding English clause supplies the purpose relation.
The infinitive itself does not name the subject; the surrounding verse identifies the Lord as the one who fed and acted toward Israel. Humbling here concerns covenant dependence in the wilderness and should not be used to bless coercive degradation.
V-Piel-Inf | 2ms at Deuteronomy 8:16 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not use the Piel infinitive as permission for spiritual abuse or separate the humbling from provision, testing, and the good named in Deuteronomy 8:16. the English rendering "humble you" detached from its Hebrew form: Keep "humble you" connected to עַנֹּֽתְךָ֗, row 9, and the full Deuteronomy 8:16 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Deuteronomy 8:16 BSB+ word-table row 9 anchors עַנֹּֽתְךָ֗ as H6031, V-Piel-Inf | 2ms, for the rendering "humble you."
For h6031-deuteronomy-8-16-v-piel-inf-2ms, עָנָה is the lemma behind "humble you" at row 9; this exact token keeps H6031 tied to Deuteronomy 8:16.
The Piel infinitive names humbling as one purpose of the wilderness provision, and the attached second-person suffix identifies Israel as the one humbled. The preceding in order to supplies the purpose relation.
Deuteronomy 8:16 interprets the unfamiliar manna years as purposeful dependence: the Lord fed Israel, humbled and tested them, and aimed at their eventual good.
The occurrence belongs to Moses' warning against proud self-sufficiency after prosperity; it does not authorize people to manufacture suffering for others.
Keep manna, humbling, testing, and the final good in one sentence so the infinitive is not isolated into a theology of humiliation.
Do not use the Piel infinitive as permission for spiritual abuse or separate the humbling from provision, testing, and the good named in Deuteronomy 8:16.