וַיִּקְרָ֨א (way·yiq·rā) in Genesis 1:10: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
וַיִּקְרָ֨א (way·yiq·rā) in Genesis 1:10
Source Word
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:10 links the English rendering "called" with וַיִּקְרָ֨א, Strong's H7121, and the morphology tag Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form clarifies the naming action after separation, where the ordered places receive their names.
How To Communicate It
Use the form to ask what God names in this verse. It supports the naming action directly while the passage supplies the theological meaning of ordered creation.
What Not To Say
- Grammar should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make the consecutive imperfect label prove more than the sentence supports.
- Do not use the Qal stem label by itself to settle a theological claim.
- Do not treat this occurrence as a complete word study for the whole Hebrew lemma.
- Do not use the grammar profile as a shortcut around the wording and logic of the verse.
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 carries the creation narrative forward by presenting God's naming action in sequence.
This form carries the BSB rendering "called" within Genesis 1:10, where God naming the dry land Earth and the gathered waters Seas.
What The Form Does In This Verse
God naming the dry land Earth and the gathered waters Seas
The creation sequence where God orders and names what he has made
It presents God as the subject of the naming action in the verse.
It does not by itself settle every use of H7121, every theology of naming, or the whole doctrine of creation order.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form carries God's naming action in the ordered creation sequence.
Narrative predicate of naming. advances the narrative by stating what God names. Attached to God naming the dry land Earth and the gathered waters Seas. Governed by the creation sequence in Genesis 1. The naming action is significant in context, but the form alone does not carry a full doctrine of naming.
What does God name after separating land and waters? God names the dry land Earth and the gathered waters Seas.
Direct: The form directly supports the English rendering "called" in this occurrence.
H7121 can be used for calling, naming, reading, or proclaiming; Genesis 1 supplies the naming context here. The consecutive imperfect advances the narrative sequence but does not by itself prove every theological claim about divine naming.
Root meaning decides every occurrence: The context determines whether H7121 is naming, calling, reading, or proclaiming in a given verse. waw-consecutive proves mechanical chronology: The form advances the narrative, but the passage governs how the sequence should be interpreted.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The BSB+ row for Genesis 1:10 links the English rendering "called" with וַיִּקְרָ֨א, Strong's H7121, and the morphology tag Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms.
H7121 is represented here by the lemma קָרָא. In this occurrence, the public guide is limited to the BSB rendering "called" rather than every possible gloss of the entry.
The Qal consecutive imperfect advances the creation narrative by presenting God's naming action in Genesis 1:10.
Genesis 1 presents God ordering, filling, naming, blessing, and giving life to the created world by his word.
The form fits Scripture's opening witness that creation is received from God and interpreted under his speech and order.
When teaching Genesis 1:10, use this form to show that "called" is a narrative naming action. Let the surrounding creation account explain the significance of the name.
Do not use the consecutive imperfect, Qal stem, or rendering "called" alone to build a complete doctrine of naming, creation order, or divine speech.