מְצַוֶּךָ֒ (mə·ṣaw·we·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 6:2: Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
מְצַוֶּךָ֒ (mə·ṣaw·we·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 6:2
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Deuteronomy 6:2 links the English rendering "give" with מְצַוֶּךָ֒, Strong's H6680, and the parsing label V-Piel-Prtcpl-msc | 2ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form helps identify the commandments that Israel is to keep: the ones being commanded or given in this covenant instruction. It supports the verse's movement from command to fear of the Lord and prolonged life.
How To Communicate It
Explain this as a participial modifier attached to the commandments. It tells readers which commandments are in view without making the Piel label carry the whole force of divine command.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not treat the attached suffix as a full theology of the participant; let the verse identify the relationship.
- Do not make the participle prove more about duration or habit than the sentence supports.
- Do not use the stem label by itself to settle a theological claim.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Piel
Participle
Not marked
Masculine
Singular
Construct
Second person masculine singular
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
The participle describes the actor or action in the sentence, giving the line a concrete, ongoing, or characteristic force in context.
This form carries the BSB rendering "give" within Deuteronomy 6:2. Deuteronomy 6 presses covenant instruction into ordinary life: loving the Lord, remembering redemption, teaching the next generation, and walking in obedience.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The commandments rendered as those I "give" in Deuteronomy 6:2
The participial phrase modifies the statutes and commandments Israel is to keep.
It identifies the commandments in view as the ones being given or commanded to the addressed hearer.
It does not make the Piel stem prove intensity by itself, and it does not make the masculine singular address exclude the wider covenant people named in the passage.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form identifies the commandments that shape the verse's call to fear the Lord and keep his statutes.
Participial modifier with second-person suffix. identifies the commandments as those being given or commanded to the hearer. Attached to the statutes and commandments in Deuteronomy 6:2. Governed by the clause about keeping the Lord's statutes and commandments. The participle functions adjectivally in context; the verse supplies the covenant purpose.
Which commandments are being kept in this verse? They are the commandments being given or commanded to the addressed hearer in the covenant instruction.
Direct: The participial form and suffix directly support the English rendering "give" in this modifying phrase.
The participle may be rendered with a relative sense in English, such as "that I give" or "that I command." The masculine singular address marks the grammatical addressee; the passage applies the instruction across the covenant people and generations.
Piel always means intensive: Piel identifies the stem, but the context decides how the command is communicated here. masculine singular means only males are addressed: The grammar marks the addressed form; Deuteronomy 6 applies the instruction to the covenant household and generations.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Deuteronomy 6:2 links the English rendering "give" with מְצַוֶּךָ֒, Strong's H6680, and the parsing label V-Piel-Prtcpl-msc | 2ms.
H6680 is represented here by the lemma צָוָה. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "give" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The Piel participle with second-person suffix identifies the commandments as those being given or commanded to the hearer in Deuteronomy 6:2. It functions as a modifier within the larger purpose statement about fearing the Lord and keeping his commands.
Deuteronomy 6 presses covenant instruction into ordinary life: loving the Lord, remembering redemption, teaching the next generation, and walking in obedience.
The form fits Deuteronomy's covenant pattern: redemption is remembered, the command is heard, and obedience is taught as life before the Lord.
When teaching Deuteronomy 6:2, use the form to show which commandments are being discussed: the commanded statutes given to the hearer in the covenant instruction.
Do not derive a full word study, grammar doctrine, or command theology from V-Piel-Prtcpl-msc | 2ms alone. The form identifies the occurrence-level modifying phrase.