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יְֽהוָ֗ה הֶֽעֱלִ֣יתָ מִן־שְׁאֹ֣ול נַפְשִׁ֑י חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִי מִיֹּרְדֵי־בֹֽור׃ 1. Verb Forms and Divine Action: הֶעֱלִ֣יתָ and חִיִּיתַ֗נִי The first verb, הֶֽעֱלִ֣יתָ (“You brought up”), is a Hifil perfect 2nd person masculine singular from the root עָלָה (“to go up”). The Hifil stem gives it a causative nuance—”You caused [me] to ascend.” This verb conveys divine initiative in reversing the downward trajectory of death or despair. The perfect form marks the action as completed: God has definitively intervened. The second verb, חִיִּיתַ֗נִי (“You gave me life”), is also a Hifil perfect 2nd person masculine singular, from the root חָיָה (“to live”).… Learn Hebrew