וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי (way·ya·‘ă·nê·nî) in Jonah 2:2: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular

Conjunctive waw

First person common singular

Qal

Consecutive imperfect

Third person

Masculine

Singular

The consecutive imperfect carries the narrative or sequence forward in Jonah 2:2, linking this action to the movement around it.

This form carries the BSB rendering "and He answered me" within Jonah 2:2. Jonah 2 gives the prophet's prayer from distress, remembering deliverance and confessing salvation from the Lord.

Jonah's testimony, rendered "and He answered me"

Jonah's report that he called to the Lord from distress

It identifies the Lord's answer as the response to Jonah's cry and marks Jonah as the recipient.

The attached suffix does not by itself define every aspect of prayer or divine response.

High: The form ties Jonah's cry from distress to the Lord's personal answer.

Waw-consecutive Qal imperfect with first-person object suffix. moves from Jonah's cry to the Lord's answer and identifies Jonah as recipient. Attached to the and He answered me clause. Governed by Jonah's prayer testimony. The suffix clarifies the recipient; the prayer context supplies the theological meaning of answered prayer.

Who answers, and who receives the answer? The Lord answers, and Jonah is the recipient of that answer.

Direct: The suffix directly supports the me in and He answered me.

The suffix identifies the recipient in this clause and should not be isolated into a broader doctrine. The consecutive imperfect supports the movement from cry to answer; the prayer context explains the response. The third-person subject is supplied by the verse context.

Attached suffixes create theological claims by themselves: The suffix identifies Jonah as recipient; the passage supplies the prayer theology.

The BSB+ row for Jonah 2:2 links the English rendering "and He answered me" with וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי, Strong's H6030, and the parsing label Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs.

H6030 is represented here by the lemma עָנָה. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "and He answered me" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.

The third person masculine singular verb points to the Lord as the responder in context, and the first person suffix marks Jonah as the one answered. The consecutive imperfect carries the testimony from calling to answer.

Jonah 2 gives the prophet's prayer from distress, remembering deliverance and confessing salvation from the Lord.

The form fits Scripture's pattern of crying out from distress and receiving rescue from the Lord.

Use this form to show both sides of the clause: the Lord acts as responder, and Jonah is the one who receives the answer.

Do not derive a full word study, grammar doctrine, or passage theology from Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs alone. Jonah 2 supplies the prayer context and identifies the Lord's answer.