וַיָּ֣קָם (way·yā·qām) in Jonah 3:3: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
וַיָּ֣קָם (way·yā·qām) in Jonah 3:3
Source Word
At Jonah 3:3, the source token וַיָּ֣קָם is H6965, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Got up keeps the ordinary action while the narrative sequence supplies its obedient direction. Unlike his first rising to flee, Jonah now gets up and goes where the Lord sends, enabling Nineveh to hear the warning.
How To Communicate It
Contrast this got up with Jonah 1:3 by tracing the destination and the explicit phrase according to the word of the Lord.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the repeated form prove that Jonah's heart is now fully aligned or that restoration erases later accountability.
- The same verb opened Jonah's earlier flight, so moral meaning comes from the attached destination and command.
- Read got up within Jonah 3:3 as this H6965 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Qal
ConsecImperf
Third
Masculine
Singular
Not applicable
Conjunction w
None
The consecutive-imperfect presents the rising as the first completed action in his second response.
The third masculine singular Qal form has Jonah as subject and advances directly into his journey according to the Lord's word.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Jonah as he responds to the renewed command
The Lord's second commission to arise and proclaim to Nineveh
The singular waw-consecutive verb records Jonah getting up in obedient movement toward Nineveh this time.
Physical rising alone does not prove complete inward agreement, as Jonah's later anger will show.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: Unlike his first rising to flee, Jonah now gets up and goes where the Lord sends, enabling Nineveh to hear the warning.
The third masculine singular Qal form has Jonah as subject and advances directly into his journey according to the Lord's word.. The singular waw-consecutive verb records Jonah getting up in obedient movement toward Nineveh this time.. Attached to Jonah as he responds to the renewed command. Governed by the Lord's second commission to arise and proclaim to Nineveh. Physical rising alone does not prove complete inward agreement, as Jonah's later anger will show.
What makes Jonah's getting up different this time? The following clause states that he goes to Nineveh in accordance with the Lord's word rather than fleeing from it.
Direct: Got up keeps the ordinary action while the narrative sequence supplies its obedient direction.
The same verb opened Jonah's earlier flight, so moral meaning comes from the attached destination and command. Obedient action is clear here, but the form does not disclose every motive in Jonah's heart.
Same morphology means same moral act: Jonah rises in both chapters, but one movement resists the command and the other follows it. outward obedience proves complete sanctification: Chapter 4 reveals continuing resistance even after Jonah performs the commission.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Jonah 3:3, the source token וַיָּ֣קָם is H6965, Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
קוּם is the lemma behind got up here. Within Jonah 3:3, H6965 retains this exact lexical identity.
The third masculine singular Qal form has Jonah as subject and advances directly into his journey according to the Lord's word.
Unlike his first rising to flee, Jonah now gets up and goes where the Lord sends, enabling Nineveh to hear the warning.
God restores a failed servant to real obedience, while outward compliance may still expose areas needing deeper transformation.
Contrast this got up with Jonah 1:3 by tracing the destination and the explicit phrase according to the word of the Lord.
Do not make the repeated form prove that Jonah's heart is now fully aligned or that restoration erases later accountability.