וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-) in Genesis 1:13: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Qal

ConsecImperf

Third

Masculine

Singular

Not applicable

Waw conjunction

None

The consecutive imperfect moves the account into its repeated day conclusion, distinct from the fulfillment formula earlier in the chapter.

The third masculine singular formula precedes the paired nouns evening and morning and presents their occurrence as the day's closing sequence.

Evening and morning in the closing formula for the third day

The day boundary after dry land and vegetation have been ordered and evaluated

The conjunctive waw and Qal consecutive imperfect introduce the recurring evening-morning formula that closes the third creation day.

The form does not define the physical nature of evening or morning, and it does not by itself resolve every debate about the length of the creation days.

Moderate: Evening and morning mark the completion of the third day after God's ordering of land, seas, and fruit-bearing vegetation.

The third masculine singular formula precedes the paired nouns evening and morning and presents their occurrence as the day's closing sequence.. The conjunctive waw and Qal consecutive imperfect introduce the recurring evening-morning formula that closes the third creation day.. Attached to evening and morning in the closing formula for the third day. Governed by the day boundary after dry land and vegetation have been ordered and evaluated. The form does not define the physical nature of evening or morning, and it does not by itself resolve every debate about the length of the creation days.

What function does And there was serve in Genesis 1:13? It opens the recurring evening-and-morning formula that brings the third day's narrated work to its close.

Direct: And there was is idiomatic English for the formula that presents evening and morning as the closing sequence of the day.

The formula establishes textual sequence clearly, while questions about duration require arguments beyond this verb morphology. A broad verb of being or happening receives its precise force from the evening-morning construction.

Same morphology means same discourse role: Genesis 1 uses the form in several constructions; the attached words distinguish fulfillment from day closure. consecutive imperfect alone defines day length: The form organizes narrative progression but does not independently measure elapsed time. morphology replaces literary context: The H1961 form clarifies the And there was relation in Genesis 1:13; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

At Genesis 1:13, the Genesis 1:13 source token וַֽיְהִי־ is H1961, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms. The H1961 Genesis 1:13 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

הָיָה is the lemma behind And there was here. Within Genesis 1:13, H1961 retains this exact lexical identity.

The third masculine singular formula precedes the paired nouns evening and morning and presents their occurrence as the day's closing sequence.

Evening and morning mark the completion of the third day after God's ordering of land, seas, and fruit-bearing vegetation.

The repeated cadence gives Genesis 1 its ordered rhythm and locates each creative work within the text's sequence of named days.

Notice that the same common verb can serve a day-closing formula here and a command-fulfillment formula elsewhere; context assigns the role.

Do not make one verb form settle chronology debates, and do not collapse this occurrence into the different And it was so construction.