וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם (way·yan·nî·ḥūm) in Joshua 6:23: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם (way·yan·nî·ḥūm) in Joshua 6:23
Source Word
The Textus Receptus witness for Joshua 6:23 reads וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם with the morphology label Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies the local grammatical relationship in the rendering "and settled them".
How To Communicate It
When teaching Joshua 6:23, use this Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural to explain the exact form's local function first, then move carefully to interpretation from the whole clause.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for H5117.
- Do not make a morphology label carry a doctrine or application apart from the verse.
- Do not turn grammatical gender into a biological or theological claim by itself.
- Do not make the Hebrew stem settle the whole meaning apart from context.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Hifil
Consecutive imperfect
Third
Masculine
Plural
Conj-w
Third person masculine plural
Consecutive imperfect names the Hebrew verbal presentation, but the verse decides whether sequence, command, purpose, or description is most prominent.
This form carries the BSB rendering "and settled them" within Joshua 6:23.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The BSB rendering "and settled them" in Joshua 6:23
The clause of Joshua 6:23, with the BSB+ row identifying the exact Hebrew form
וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם, rendered "and settled them," is a Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural. It contributes a local grammatical role that should be explained from the clause rather than from the label alone.
The form does not by itself settle the whole interpretation of the verse, the full lexical range of the word, or a doctrine apart from the immediate wording and context.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form matters because it functions as other in Joshua 6:23.
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural. marks the local grammatical relationship. Attached to the local phrase in Joshua 6:23. Governed by the immediate wording of Joshua 6:23. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.
What local grammatical work is this form doing? וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם should be read as other in Joshua 6:23, with the surrounding words deciding the exact interpretive force.
Interpretive: The form directly supports the local rendering "and settled them", while the surrounding words decide how much interpretive weight to place on it.
The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Grammatical gender is not a separate theological claim.
Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse. Hebrew stem settles meaning: The stem is important, but the word, clause, and passage govern the final interpretation.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Textus Receptus witness for Joshua 6:23 reads וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם with the morphology label Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural.
The lemma is נוּחַ. The guide uses the gloss or rendering "and settled them" only to orient this occurrence.
וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם, rendered "and settled them," is a Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural. It contributes a local grammatical role that should be explained from the clause rather than from the label alone.
In Joshua 6:23, the form belongs to the statement where the surrounding words determine what the reader should learn from it.
The form should be read within the passage's local argument and the wider canonical witness, not as an isolated proof.
When teaching Joshua 6:23, use this Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural to explain the exact form's local function first, then move carefully to interpretation from the whole clause.
Do not derive a full word study, doctrine, or interpretive conclusion from this morphology label alone. The form serves the immediate wording and context.