וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) in Jonah 1:10: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) in Jonah 1:10
Source Word
At Jonah 1:10, the Jonah 1:10 source token וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ is H559, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp. The H559 Jonah 1:10 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
And said reflects both the waw connection and the plural speech event, although English places the sailors' fear before the verb. Jonah's confession intensifies the sailors' alarm, and their question exposes the contradiction between his knowledge of the Creator and his attempt to flee.
How To Communicate It
Trace the plural verb back to the men and forward into their quotation so the class sees how a small narrative form locates both speaker and response.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the consecutive form itself express terror or repentance, and do not treat the sailors' question as though the grammar supplies its answer.
- A common verb of saying gains its specific force from the plural subject and the alarming question that follows.
- Read and said within Jonah 1:10 as the H559 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
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 carries the narrative forward to the sailors' verbal reaction after Jonah's disclosure.
The conjunctive waw joins this action to the sailors' increased fear, while the third masculine plural finite verb identifies the group as speakers.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The frightened sailors as the plural speakers of the question What have you done
The narrative response to Jonah's confession that he fears the Lord while fleeing from His presence
The waw-linked Qal consecutive imperfect advances the scene and introduces the sailors' direct question, with the plural ending matching the men who speak.
The verb reports their speech but does not encode the fear, accusation, or moral assessment expressed by the surrounding sentence and quotation.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Moderate: Jonah's confession intensifies the sailors' alarm, and their question exposes the contradiction between his knowledge of the Creator and his attempt to flee.
The conjunctive waw joins this action to the sailors' increased fear, while the third masculine plural finite verb identifies the group as speakers.. The waw-linked Qal consecutive imperfect advances the scene and introduces the sailors' direct question, with the plural ending matching the men who speak.. Attached to the frightened sailors as the plural speakers of the question What have you done. Governed by the narrative response to Jonah's confession that he fears the Lord while fleeing from His presence. The verb reports their speech but does not encode the fear, accusation, or moral assessment expressed by the surrounding sentence and quotation.
Who speaks when Jonah 1:10 uses this third masculine plural verb? The sailors speak together, asking Jonah what he has done after learning that he is fleeing from the Lord.
Direct: And said reflects both the waw connection and the plural speech event, although English places the sailors' fear before the verb.
A common verb of saying gains its specific force from the plural subject and the alarming question that follows. The consecutive pattern marks narrative progression here; it does not determine the sailors' spiritual state.
Plural speech proves full agreement: Plural inflection identifies a group action but does not show that every sailor held an identical inward conviction. narrative sequence supplies moral approval: The verb orders the sailors' response; the wider scene evaluates Jonah and the sailors. morphology replaces literary context: The H559 form clarifies the and said relation in Jonah 1:10; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Jonah 1:10, the Jonah 1:10 source token וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ is H559, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp. The H559 Jonah 1:10 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
אָמַר is the lemma behind and said here. Within Jonah 1:10, H559 retains this exact lexical identity.
The conjunctive waw joins this action to the sailors' increased fear, while the third masculine plural finite verb identifies the group as speakers.
Jonah's confession intensifies the sailors' alarm, and their question exposes the contradiction between his knowledge of the Creator and his attempt to flee.
The episode shows pagan sailors responding seriously to the Lord's identity while His prophet's disobedience has endangered everyone aboard.
Trace the plural verb back to the men and forward into their quotation so the class sees how a small narrative form locates both speaker and response.
Do not make the consecutive form itself express terror or repentance, and do not treat the sailors' question as though the grammar supplies its answer.