וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃ (wə·na·‘ă·śen·nāh) in Deuteronomy 30:12: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person feminine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Qal

Conjunctive imperfect cohortative if contextual

First

Common

Plural

Conj-w

Third person feminine singular

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person feminine singular

The conjunctive imperfect is bound to the surrounding purpose or response clause, so the sentence determines its force.

This form carries the BSB rendering "that we may obey it" within Deuteronomy 30:12. Deuteronomy 30 gathers covenant return, the nearness of the command, love for the Lord, obedience, and the call to choose life.

The purpose clause about obeying the command

Moses' argument that the command is not inaccessible in heaven

It names the intended response if someone were to bring and proclaim the word: the people would obey it.

The form does not prove covenant obedience by grammar alone; Deuteronomy 30 supplies the covenant setting.

High: The form states the intended covenant response to the accessible command in Deuteronomy 30.

Conjunctive Qal imperfect with community subject and object suffix. expresses the desired response to the word once heard. Attached to the that we may obey it clause. Governed by the question about bringing the command down from heaven. The suffix points back to the command or word in context; the clause functions as purpose or result.

What response would hearing the word produce? The community would obey the command that has been proclaimed to them.

Direct: The subject and suffix directly support that we may obey it.

The cohortative marking is contextual, so do not overstate the mood apart from the clause. The suffix should be read with the command or word in context. The imperfect form contributes purpose or response here, not a bare prediction.

Hebrew imperfect always means future time: This imperfect functions in a purpose-response clause, and the surrounding question controls the force.

The BSB+ row for Deuteronomy 30:12 links the English rendering "that we may obey it" with וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃, Strong's H6213, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cp | 3fs.

H6213 is represented here by the lemma עָשָׂה. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "that we may obey it" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.

The first-person plural form voices the community's proposed response, and the third-person feminine suffix points to the command or word in context. The conjunctive imperfect works inside a purpose/result clause rather than as an isolated future.

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.

Use this form to show that the hypothetical ascent to heaven aims at hearing the word so that the people may obey it.

Do not derive a full word study, grammar doctrine, or passage theology from Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cp | 3fs alone. Deuteronomy 30 supplies the command and purpose-response setting.