Then the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםfearedיִּירְאוּwith greatגְדוֹלָהfear,יִרְאָהand they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Whatמַהisthisזֹּאתthatyou have done?”עָשִׂיתָForכִּיthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםknewיָדְעוּthatכִּיheהוּאwas fleeingבֹרֵחַfrom the presenceמִלִּפְנֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהbecauseכִּיhe had toldהִגִּידthem.לָהֶם
Jonah 1:10
Study it in the app“Then the men feared with great fear, and they said to him, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of YHWH, because he had told them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 1:10, word by word
- Then the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- fearedיִּירְאוּyiru
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yiru” appears- with greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- fearיִרְאָהyira
afraid
Frightened, without courage to face the danger.
Where else “yira” appears- and they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- you have doneעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- knewיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- was fleeingבֹרֵחַvoreach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “voreach” appears- from the presenceפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- he had toldהִגִּידhigid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higid” appears
The context
9And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 · This verse (above)
11And they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may calm down and leave us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy.