Study it in the app“He 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.””
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Pick me upשָׂאוּנִיand hurl meוַהֲטִילֻנִיintoאֶלthe sea,הַיָּםand the seaוְ הַיָּםwill calm downיִשְׁתֹּקand leaveyou;מֵעֲלֵיכֶםforכִּיIאָנִיknowיוֹדֵעַthatכִּיbecause of meבְשֶׁלִּיthisהַזֶּהgreatהַגָּדוֹלstormהַסַּעַרhas comeon you.”עֲלֵיכֶם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sau” appearshurl, cast down
To hurl, to throw with force; also to cast out or bring down.
Where else “hatilu” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsgrow calm
To grow calm, quiet down, as the sea after a storm.
Where else “yishtok” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appearsthat, who; of
A short particle meaning "that," "who," "of." Joined to other words it forms phrases like "of ours" (2 Kings 6:11) or "on account of." Frequent in Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs.
Where else “y” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsstorm, whirlwind
A whirlwind, a tempest: a very strong wind that swirls and sweeps along.
Where else “saar” appears11And 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13Then the men rowed hard to get back to the dry land, but they could not, for the sea was growing more and more stormy against them.
