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And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Whatמַהshall we doנַּעֲשֶׂהto you,לָּךְthat the seaוְ הַיָּםmay calm downיִשְׁתֹּקand leaveus?”מֵעָלֵינוּForכִּיthe seaהַיָּםwas growing more and moreהוֹלֵךְ וְstormy.סֹעֵר
Jonah 1:11
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 1:11, word by word
- And they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- shall we doנַּעֲשֶׂהnaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appears- that the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- may calm downיִשְׁתֹּקyishtok
grow calm
To grow calm, quiet down, as the sea after a storm.
Where else “yishtok” appears- was growing more and moreהוֹלֵךְholech
keep growing
Something that grows little by little.
Where else “holech” appears- stormyסֹעֵרsoer
storm, be agitated
Be stirred violently, like the sea or the wind in a storm. It is also said of a person greatly troubled within: in 2 Kings 6:11 "the heart of the king of Aram was stormy." From the same root comes "storm."
Where else “soer” appears
The context
10Then 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea, and the sea will calm down and leave you; for I know that because of me this great storm has come on you.”