וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֮ (way·yiz·‘ă·qū) in Jonah 1:5: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Hebrew-verb

Verb

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

Qal

ConsecImperf

Third

Masculine

Plural

Not applicable

Waw conjunction

None

The consecutive imperfect places their crying out as the next event after fear seized the crew.

The third masculine plural finite verb agrees with the sailors, while the following distributive phrase each to his god differentiates their appeals.

The sailors as a plural group, with each one directing his plea to his own god

The crew's fearful response to the violent storm and the ship's danger of breaking apart

The waw-linked Qal consecutive imperfect advances the crisis by reporting the sailors' plural act of calling for help.

The form records earnest speech but does not validate the sailors' gods, and plural agreement does not mean they all addressed the same deity.

Moderate: Facing a storm beyond their control, the sailors appeal to their separate gods and jettison cargo while Jonah sleeps below.

The third masculine plural finite verb agrees with the sailors, while the following distributive phrase each to his god differentiates their appeals.. The waw-linked Qal consecutive imperfect advances the crisis by reporting the sailors' plural act of calling for help.. Attached to the sailors as a plural group, with each one directing his plea to his own god. Governed by the crew's fearful response to the violent storm and the ship's danger of breaking apart. The form records earnest speech but does not validate the sailors' gods, and plural agreement does not mean they all addressed the same deity.

What unity and difference are present in the sailors' plural cry? They all cry out in fear, but the verse says each sailor directs his appeal to his own god.

Direct: Cried out conveys urgent plural speech, while the next phrase identifies the sailors' different objects of appeal.

The verb can describe calling, crying, or proclaiming; the storm and appeals favor a distressed cry here. Plural action unites the sailors behaviorally without implying unified belief or saving faith.

Earnest cry validates its object: Intensity of appeal does not establish the truth or power of the gods being addressed. plural verb means one shared prayer: The distributive phrase explicitly assigns an individual god to each sailor's appeal. morphology replaces literary context: The H2199 form clarifies the cried out relation in Jonah 1:5; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

At Jonah 1:5, the Jonah 1:5 source token וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֮ is H2199, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp. The H2199 Jonah 1:5 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.

זָעַק is the lemma behind cried out here. Within Jonah 1:5, H2199 retains this exact lexical identity.

The third masculine plural finite verb agrees with the sailors, while the following distributive phrase each to his god differentiates their appeals.

Facing a storm beyond their control, the sailors appeal to their separate gods and jettison cargo while Jonah sleeps below.

The scene contrasts widespread religious desperation with the Lord's actual rule over sea and dry land, which Jonah later confesses.

Read the plural verb with each to his god so students distinguish a shared action from a shared object of worship.

Do not equate sincerity with theological truth, and do not make narrative sequence imply that every religious appeal reaches the same god.