בָּאָ֣ה (bā·’āh) in Jonah 1:3: Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
בָּאָ֣ה (bā·’āh) in Jonah 1:3
Source Word
At Jonah 1:3, the source token בָּאָ֣ה is H935, V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Bound expresses the participle's contextual travel direction more naturally than a wooden coming ship. Jonah finds a ship whose route appears perfectly suited to his plan, yet providential convenience is not evidence of divine approval.
How To Communicate It
Show how feminine agreement identifies the ship and caution readers against equating available opportunity with guidance.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not read bound as divine endorsement of Jonah's destination or make the participle a promise of safe arrival.
- The verb broadly means come or go; the ship and Tarshish phrase yield the English destination sense.
- Read bound within Jonah 1:3 as this H935 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Qal
Prtcpl
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Not applicable
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The participle presents the vessel in an available, destination-oriented condition when Jonah finds it.
Feminine singular agreement points to the ship, while the destination phrase gives coming a travel-bound sense.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The ship as the feminine singular vessel headed toward Tarshish
Jonah's discovery of transport that serves his attempted flight
The feminine singular Qal participle modifies ship and describes it as coming or bound in the Tarshish direction.
The participle does not describe Jonah boarding yet or guarantee that the vessel will complete its voyage.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Moderate: Jonah finds a ship whose route appears perfectly suited to his plan, yet providential convenience is not evidence of divine approval.
Feminine singular agreement points to the ship, while the destination phrase gives coming a travel-bound sense.. The feminine singular Qal participle modifies ship and describes it as coming or bound in the Tarshish direction.. Attached to the ship as the feminine singular vessel headed toward Tarshish. Governed by Jonah's discovery of transport that serves his attempted flight. The participle does not describe Jonah boarding yet or guarantee that the vessel will complete its voyage.
What is described as bound for Tarshish? The feminine participle agrees with the ship Jonah finds, characterizing its route rather than Jonah's action.
Direct: Bound expresses the participle's contextual travel direction more naturally than a wooden coming ship.
The verb broadly means come or go; the ship and Tarshish phrase yield the English destination sense. Participial description gives current orientation, not certainty that the voyage will reach port.
Convenient transport proves providential approval: The Lord's prior command already judges Jonah's chosen direction. participle guarantees completed travel: The form describes the ship when found; the storm prevents the planned journey.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Jonah 1:3, the source token בָּאָ֣ה is H935, V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
בּוֹא is the lemma behind bound here. Within Jonah 1:3, H935 retains this exact lexical identity.
Feminine singular agreement points to the ship, while the destination phrase gives coming a travel-bound sense.
Jonah finds a ship whose route appears perfectly suited to his plan, yet providential convenience is not evidence of divine approval.
An open path can still serve disobedience, so circumstances must be tested by God's revealed command.
Show how feminine agreement identifies the ship and caution readers against equating available opportunity with guidance.
Do not read bound as divine endorsement of Jonah's destination or make the participle a promise of safe arrival.