פֹשְׁעִ֣ים (p̄ō·šə·‘îm) in Psalms 51:13: Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
פֹשְׁעִ֣ים (p̄ō·šə·‘îm) in Psalms 51:13
Source Word
At Psalms 51:13, the source token פֹשְׁעִ֣ים is H6586, V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Transgressors turns the plural participle into a natural English substantive for people engaged in rebellion. A restored sinner seeks to teach other rebels God's ways so that sinners may turn back to him.
How To Communicate It
Explain the participle as a description of current conduct and connect David's teaching ministry to his prior plea for restoration.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make transgressors a fixed class beyond repentance or use the label to distance the teacher from his own confessed sin.
- A participle can emphasize characteristic or ongoing action; the promise of return prevents a fatalistic reading.
- Read transgressors within Psalms 51:13 as this H6586 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Qal
Prtcpl
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Participial form portrays their current rebellious pattern without deciding that the pattern must continue.
The Qal participle describes people characterized by transgressing and stands as the object of the teaching verb.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Those who rebel as the people David intends to teach
David's pledge following his prayer for restoration and a willing spirit
The masculine plural Qal participle functions substantivally, naming transgressors as the recipients of David's future teaching.
The participle does not declare rebellion an unchangeable identity or make David superior to those he teaches.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: A restored sinner seeks to teach other rebels God's ways so that sinners may turn back to him.
The Qal participle describes people characterized by transgressing and stands as the object of the teaching verb.. The masculine plural Qal participle functions substantivally, naming transgressors as the recipients of David's future teaching.. Attached to those who rebel as the people David intends to teach. Governed by David's pledge following his prayer for restoration and a willing spirit. The participle does not declare rebellion an unchangeable identity or make David superior to those he teaches.
Does the participle transgressors give these people a permanent identity? No. It describes them by their rebellion in the present scene, while the parallel line anticipates sinners returning to God.
Direct: Transgressors turns the plural participle into a natural English substantive for people engaged in rebellion.
A participle can emphasize characteristic or ongoing action; the promise of return prevents a fatalistic reading. David's teaching is future and dependent on restoration, not a claim that instruction by itself creates repentance.
Participle means irreversible identity: The form characterizes present conduct, while the verse explicitly looks toward return. teacher stands outside the category of sinners: Psalm 51 grounds David's teaching in confession and mercy, not moral superiority.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Psalms 51:13, the source token פֹשְׁעִ֣ים is H6586, V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
פָּשַׁע is the lemma behind transgressors here. Within Psalms 51:13, H6586 retains this exact lexical identity.
The Qal participle describes people characterized by transgressing and stands as the object of the teaching verb.
A restored sinner seeks to teach other rebels God's ways so that sinners may turn back to him.
Grace can turn confession into humble instruction, but the teacher remains dependent on the same mercy he commends.
Explain the participle as a description of current conduct and connect David's teaching ministry to his prior plea for restoration.
Do not make transgressors a fixed class beyond repentance or use the label to distance the teacher from his own confessed sin.