פְשָׁעָֽי׃ (p̄ə·šā·‘āy) in Psalms 51:1: Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
פְשָׁעָֽי׃ (p̄ə·šā·‘āy) in Psalms 51:1
Source Word
At Psalms 51:1, the Psalms 51:1 source token פְשָׁעָֽי׃ is H6588, N-mpc | 1cs. The H6588 Psalms 51:1 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
My transgressions preserves both the plural rebellion noun and the personal suffix at the opening of the prayer. At the psalm's first plea, David names the rebellions as his own and asks that God's abundant compassion erase them.
How To Communicate It
Compare this first appeal with Psalm 51:3: verse 1 places my transgressions under blot out, while verse 3 places them under I know.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not collapse the verse-1 request into the verse-3 confession, and do not treat the suffix as evidence that repentance is merely private.
- Plural transgressions may gather repeated rebellion without disclosing a numerical or chronological list.
- Read my transgressions within Psalms 51:1 as the H6588 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
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Masculine
Plural
Construct
First person Common Singular
This noun carries no aspect; the prayer's imperative supplies the desired removal.
The construct plural with my forms a definite object, and the surrounding imperative directs the erasing action toward those transgressions.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The imperative blot out as the rebellion David asks God to erase according to divine compassion
Psalm 51's opening appeal for mercy based on God's loving devotion rather than the speaker's merit
The masculine plural construct noun takes a first common singular suffix and serves as the personal object of the requested blotting out.
The suffix owns the confession rather than excusing it, and plural number does not identify the offenses' count or make rebellion the psalmist's permanent identity.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: At the psalm's first plea, David names the rebellions as his own and asks that God's abundant compassion erase them.
The construct plural with my forms a definite object, and the surrounding imperative directs the erasing action toward those transgressions.. The masculine plural construct noun takes a first common singular suffix and serves as the personal object of the requested blotting out.. Attached to the imperative blot out as the rebellion David asks God to erase according to divine compassion. Governed by Psalm 51's opening appeal for mercy based on God's loving devotion rather than the speaker's merit. The suffix owns the confession rather than excusing it, and plural number does not identify the offenses' count or make rebellion the psalmist's permanent identity.
What distinctive role does my transgressions have in Psalm 51:1? It is the direct object of blot out, naming the speaker's rebellion as what he asks God to erase in mercy.
Direct: My transgressions preserves both the plural rebellion noun and the personal suffix at the opening of the prayer.
Plural transgressions may gather repeated rebellion without disclosing a numerical or chronological list. Blotting out evokes record erasure, but the psalm's washing and renewal images are also needed for its full account of forgiveness.
Possessive makes rebellion permanent identity: My identifies accountable acts in a petition precisely seeking their removal. verse 1 duplicates verse 3: The same noun-suffix form serves different verbs and discourse moments: initial appeal here, acknowledged awareness later. morphology replaces literary context: The H6588 form clarifies the my transgressions relation in Psalms 51:1; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Psalms 51:1, the Psalms 51:1 source token פְשָׁעָֽי׃ is H6588, N-mpc | 1cs. The H6588 Psalms 51:1 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
פֶּשַׁע is the lemma behind my transgressions here. Within Psalms 51:1, H6588 retains this exact lexical identity.
The construct plural with my forms a definite object, and the surrounding imperative directs the erasing action toward those transgressions.
At the psalm's first plea, David names the rebellions as his own and asks that God's abundant compassion erase them.
The prayer brings personal guilt into the light of covenant mercy, setting confession and cleansing together from its opening line.
Compare this first appeal with Psalm 51:3: verse 1 places my transgressions under blot out, while verse 3 places them under I know.
Do not collapse the verse-1 request into the verse-3 confession, and do not treat the suffix as evidence that repentance is merely private.