וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (way·yō·mer) in Isaiah 6:11: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

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; Isaiah 6:11 determines whether the reader should hear sequence, result, or narrative progress.

This form carries the BSB rendering "And He replied" within Isaiah 6:11. Isaiah 6 shows the prophet before the holy Lord, receiving cleansing and a commission in the presence of divine glory.

The Lord's speech in Isaiah 6:11

The Lord's reply to Isaiah's question

The waw-linked Qal consecutive imperfect carries the next speech turn in Isaiah 6 and identifies the Lord as the speaker in context.

The form does not by itself settle the whole theology of Isaiah's vision, cleansing, commission, or judgment.

High: The form helps identify the speaker in a major prophetic vision scene.

Waw-linked Hebrew sequence form. marks the next speech turn in the vision narrative. Attached to the Lord's speech in Isaiah 6:11. Governed by the Lord's reply to Isaiah's question. The waw-linked consecutive imperfect advances the local discourse, but the verse and passage decide how the action relates to the larger argument.

Who is speaking at this point in the vision? the Lord is the speaker in this speech turn.

Direct: The form directly supports the rendering "And He replied" as the next speech 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 form identifies a speech turn, but the interpretation comes from the speech content and the vision context.

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.

The BSB+ row for Isaiah 6:11 links the English rendering "And He replied" with וַיֹּ֡אמֶר, Strong's H559, and the morphology label Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms.

H559 is represented here by the lemma אָמַר. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "And He replied" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.

The third masculine singular marks the replying speaker in context, while the attached waw moves the vision narrative to the next divine or angelic speech turn.

Isaiah 6 shows the prophet before the holy Lord, receiving cleansing and a commission in the presence of divine glory.

The form fits Scripture's witness to holiness, cleansing, and commissioned speech before the Lord.

When teaching Isaiah 6:11, use this form to show who is speaking in the vision sequence before explaining the content of the speech.

Do not derive the whole theology of holiness, cleansing, commission, or judgment from the waw-linked speech form alone.