וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ (way·ḇā·reḵ) in Genesis 1:22: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ (way·ḇā·reḵ) in Genesis 1:22
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:22 links the English rendering "blessed" with וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ, Strong's H1288, and the morphology label Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies that blessing is part of the narrated creation order, not an isolated lexical idea detached from God's speech.
How To Communicate It
When teaching Genesis 1:22, use this form to show how God's blessing follows his creative work and authorizes creaturely fruitfulness in the verse.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the Hebrew sequence form carry a full creation chronology by itself.
- Do not use the stem label alone to settle a theological claim.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for the whole Hebrew lemma.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Conjunctive waw
Piel
Consecutive imperfect
Third person
Masculine
Singular
The consecutive imperfect carries the narrative or sequence forward in Genesis 1:22, linking this action to the movement around it.
This form carries the BSB rendering "blessed" within Genesis 1:22. Genesis 1 presents God ordering, filling, naming, blessing, and giving life to the created world by his word.
What The Form Does In This Verse
God's blessing of the living creatures in Genesis 1:22
The creation narrative's movement from creature-making to divine blessing
The waw-linked Piel consecutive imperfect reports God's blessing as the next narrated action after the creatures are made.
The form does not by itself define the whole biblical theology of blessing or every use of H1288.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form carries the main blessing action in a creation blessing verse.
Waw-linked Hebrew sequence form. advances the narrative by reporting God's blessing. Attached to God's blessing of the living creatures in Genesis 1:22. Governed by the creation narrative's movement from creature-making to divine blessing. The waw-linked consecutive imperfect advances the local discourse, but the verse and passage decide how the action relates to the larger argument.
Who gives the blessing? God gives the blessing in the creation sequence.
Direct: The form directly supports the rendering "blessed" as the narrated action.
The waw-linked consecutive imperfect advances the local discourse, but the verse and passage decide how the action relates to the larger argument. The attached waw should be explained from the clause relation rather than treated as a stand-alone theological signal. The Piel stem identifies the verbal pattern, but the verse supplies the blessing command and its scope.
Consecutive imperfect proves every chronology claim: The form advances the discourse; broader chronology or theology must be argued from the passage, not the sequence form alone. stem label settles the theology: The Hebrew stem identifies the verbal pattern; the passage supplies the theological claim. grammar replaces context: The morphology should clarify the clause while remaining governed by the surrounding passage.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:22 links the English rendering "blessed" with וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ, Strong's H1288, and the morphology label Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms.
H1288 is represented here by the lemma בָּרַךְ. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "blessed" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The attached waw joins the action to the creation sequence, and the third masculine singular points to God as the one blessing in context.
Genesis 1 presents God ordering, filling, naming, blessing, and giving life to the created world by his word.
The form fits Scripture's opening witness that creation is received from God and interpreted under his speech and order.
When teaching Genesis 1:22, use this form to show how God's blessing follows his creative work and authorizes creaturely fruitfulness in the verse.
Do not derive a complete doctrine of blessing, fruitfulness, or creation order from Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms alone.