וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (way·yit·tên) in Jonah 1:3: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (way·yit·tên) in Jonah 1:3
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Jonah 1:3 links the English rendering "So he paid" with וַיִּתֵּ֨ן, Strong's H5414, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form makes Jonah's disobedience concrete: he pays the fare and continues moving away from the Lord's call.
How To Communicate It
Use this form to trace how Hebrew narrative sequence turns Jonah's intention to flee into costly action.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the imperfect label prove more than the sentence supports.
- Do not use the stem label by itself 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 - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Conjunctive waw
Qal
Consecutive imperfect
Third person
Masculine
Singular
The consecutive imperfect form participates in the verse's movement; Jonah 1:3 determines whether the reader should hear sequence, result, or narrative progress.
This form carries the BSB rendering "So he paid" within Jonah 1:3. Jonah 1 follows the prophet's flight, the storm at sea, and the sailors' growing fear as disobedience is exposed.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The action or phrase rendered "So he paid" in Jonah 1:3
The form is governed by Jonah's flight sequence as he pays the fare to board a ship away from the Lord's commission.
It reports Jonah paying the fare, making his flight concrete and costly.
The form does not by itself settle every use of H5414, every possible translation, or the whole doctrine connected to this passage.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form marks Jonah's concrete payment as part of his deliberate flight from the Lord's commission.
Waw-consecutive Qal imperfect advancing Jonah's flight. moves Jonah from finding the ship to securing passage. Attached to the Jonah paid the fare action. Governed by the Jonah 1 flight sequence. The form advances the action; the narrative context explains the disobedience.
What concrete step does Jonah take in his flight? He pays the fare to board the ship.
Direct: The form directly supports so he paid.
Qal marks the payment action but does not by itself explain Jonah's motive. Waw-consecutive advances the flight sequence from intention to action.
Narrative verb is only background detail: The verb is a concrete step in Jonah's flight and should be read within the sequence.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Jonah 1:3 links the English rendering "So he paid" with וַיִּתֵּ֨ן, Strong's H5414, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms.
H5414 is represented here by the lemma נָתַן. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "So he paid" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The consecutive imperfect carries Jonah's flight from going down to Joppa into paying for passage.
Jonah 1 follows the prophet's flight, the storm at sea, and the sailors' growing fear as disobedience is exposed.
The form fits Scripture's witness to mercy, repentance, prophetic obedience, and God's compassion for the nations.
When teaching Jonah 1:3, show how the form marks a concrete step in Jonah's deliberate flight.
Do not make Qal or payment language carry the whole theology of disobedience. The narrative sequence shows the flight.