לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ׃ (lə·qad·də·šō) in Exodus 20:8: Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ׃ (lə·qad·də·šō) in Exodus 20:8
Source Word
Exodus 20:8 row 5 aligns the lamed-prefixed H6942 infinitive and suffix with by keeping it holy after the command remember the Sabbath day.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
By keeping it holy turns remembering toward practiced distinction, while the suffix keeps the Sabbath day itself as the stated object. The English by communicates how the infinitive relates to remember, keeping holy expresses consecrating treatment, and it represents the attached masculine singular suffix.
How To Communicate It
Connect the infinitive to remember, resolve it as the Sabbath day, and distinguish Israel's commanded observance from the Lord's consecrating act in verse 11.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not equate remembering with bare cognition or confuse creaturely observance with the Lord's own act of making the day holy.
- The lamed infinitive can be expressed as purpose or manner here, which the BSB communicates with by keeping.
- The form does not reduce remembrance to mental recall, make human observance the source of the Lord's holiness, or encode all Sabbath regulations within one verb.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Piel
Inf
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Lamed preposition
Third person masculine singular
The lamed-prefixed Piel infinitive construct complements the command remember, and its third-person masculine singular suffix refers to the Sabbath day. The BSB renders the relationship as by keeping it holy, expressing the intended consecrating purpose of remembrance.
The infinitive specifies what faithful remembering is directed toward: treating the suffix-marked Sabbath day as set apart to the Lord.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The direct command to remember the Sabbath day with a view to keeping that day holy
The Sabbath command that proceeds from remembered consecration into six days of labor and seventh-day rest
The infinitive specifies what faithful remembering is directed toward: treating the suffix-marked Sabbath day as set apart to the Lord.
The form does not reduce remembrance to mental recall, make human observance the source of the Lord's holiness, or encode all Sabbath regulations within one verb.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form links memory to embodied consecration and prepares the distinction between Israel's response and the Lord's action.
The lamed-prefixed Piel infinitive construct complements the command remember, and its third-person masculine singular suffix refers to the Sabbath day. The BSB renders the relationship as by keeping it holy, expressing the intended consecrating purpose of remembrance.. The infinitive specifies what faithful remembering is directed toward: treating the suffix-marked Sabbath day as set apart to the Lord.. Attached to the direct command to remember the Sabbath day with a view to keeping that day holy. Governed by the Sabbath command that proceeds from remembered consecration into six days of labor and seventh-day rest. The form does not reduce remembrance to mental recall, make human observance the source of the Lord's holiness, or encode all Sabbath regulations within one verb.
How is Israel to remember the Sabbath day in Exodus 20:8? The infinitive directs remembrance toward keeping the Sabbath distinct as holy, a practice the following verses place within work and rest.
Direct: The English by communicates how the infinitive relates to remember, keeping holy expresses consecrating treatment, and it represents the attached masculine singular suffix.
The lamed infinitive can be expressed as purpose or manner here, which the BSB communicates with by keeping. The suffix identifies the day, while the detailed shape of observance comes from the command's remaining clauses.
The infinitive made to contain the entire Sabbath command instead of reading the work, rest, household, and creation clauses: Do not equate remembering with bare cognition or confuse creaturely observance with the Lord's own act of making the day holy. remember the Sabbath reduced to private recollection or by keeping it holy used to claim that human effort creates divine holiness: Keep "by keeping it holy" connected to לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ׃, row 5, and the full Exodus 20:8 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
Exodus 20:8 row 5 aligns the lamed-prefixed H6942 infinitive and suffix with by keeping it holy after the command remember the Sabbath day.
This row 5 H6942 occurrence names Israel's commanded consecrating response, unlike verse 11 where the Lord is the finite agent who set the day apart.
The lamed-prefixed Piel infinitive construct complements the command remember, and its third-person masculine singular suffix refers to the Sabbath day. The BSB renders the relationship as by keeping it holy, expressing the intended consecrating purpose of remembrance.
Exodus 20:8-10 calls Israel to remember the Sabbath by setting it apart in a weekly pattern that includes ordinary work and rest for the whole household.
This consecrating response stands within Israel's Decalogue obligation and the creation rationale that follows; application beyond that covenant setting needs wider textual work.
Connect the infinitive to remember, resolve it as the Sabbath day, and distinguish Israel's commanded observance from the Lord's consecrating act in verse 11.
Do not equate remembering with bare cognition or confuse creaturely observance with the Lord's own act of making the day holy.