אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה (’ă·šal·lê·māh) in Jonah 2:9: Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה (’ă·šal·lê·māh) in Jonah 2:9
Source Word
At Jonah 2:9, the Jonah 2:9 source token אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה is H7999, V-Piel-Imperf.Cohort-1cs. The H7999 Jonah 2:9 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
I will fulfill conveys both the first-person commitment and the completion sense of the Piel verb. Jonah promises thankful sacrifice and fulfillment of his vow while ending with the confession that rescue comes from the Lord.
How To Communicate It
Set the cohortative resolve beside salvation is from the Lord so students can distinguish committed obedience from bargaining for rescue.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not turn volitional grammar into proof of perfect future obedience, and do not present the vow as purchasing God's saving action.
- Cohortative form marks resolve or desire, but the grammar itself cannot certify later performance.
- Read I will fulfill within Jonah 2:9 as the H7999 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Piel
Imperf.Cohort
First
Common
Singular
Not applicable
None
The imperfect cohortative looks forward from the prayer toward an intended act of fulfillment.
Piel gives the action the sense of completing or paying what is owed, and the cohortative ending marks the speaker's volitional resolve.
What The Form Does In This Verse
What I have vowed as the object of Jonah's thanksgiving resolve
Jonah's prayerful contrast between clinging to idols and confessing that salvation belongs to the Lord
The first common singular Piel cohortative expresses Jonah's resolved commitment to fulfill the vow he has made.
The cohortative communicates willing intention but does not make Jonah's vow the cause or price of deliverance.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: Jonah promises thankful sacrifice and fulfillment of his vow while ending with the confession that rescue comes from the Lord.
Piel gives the action the sense of completing or paying what is owed, and the cohortative ending marks the speaker's volitional resolve.. The first common singular Piel cohortative expresses Jonah's resolved commitment to fulfill the vow he has made.. Attached to what I have vowed as the object of Jonah's thanksgiving resolve. Governed by Jonah's prayerful contrast between clinging to idols and confessing that salvation belongs to the Lord. The cohortative communicates willing intention but does not make Jonah's vow the cause or price of deliverance.
What attitude does the cohortative add to I will fulfill? It presents the action as Jonah's own resolved intention to carry out what he vowed in thankful response.
Direct: I will fulfill conveys both the first-person commitment and the completion sense of the Piel verb.
Cohortative form marks resolve or desire, but the grammar itself cannot certify later performance. The object what I have vowed remains general here; this form does not reconstruct the vow's exact wording.
Cohortative guarantees performance: Volitional morphology expresses intention, not an infallible forecast of the speaker's conduct. vow earns salvation: Jonah's closing confession assigns salvation to the Lord, while sacrifice and vow fulfillment answer that mercy. morphology replaces literary context: The H7999 form clarifies the I will fulfill relation in Jonah 2:9; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Jonah 2:9, the Jonah 2:9 source token אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה is H7999, V-Piel-Imperf.Cohort-1cs. The H7999 Jonah 2:9 BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
שָׁלַם is the lemma behind I will fulfill here. Within Jonah 2:9, H7999 retains this exact lexical identity.
Piel gives the action the sense of completing or paying what is owed, and the cohortative ending marks the speaker's volitional resolve.
Jonah promises thankful sacrifice and fulfillment of his vow while ending with the confession that rescue comes from the Lord.
The prayer places human response after divine mercy, keeping vows and worship as grateful obligations rather than leverage over God.
Set the cohortative resolve beside salvation is from the Lord so students can distinguish committed obedience from bargaining for rescue.
Do not turn volitional grammar into proof of perfect future obedience, and do not present the vow as purchasing God's saving action.