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Then the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםrowed hardיַּחְתְּרוּto get backלְהָשִׁיבtoאֶלthe dry land,הַיַּבָּשָׁהbut they could not,וְלֹא יָכֹלוּforכִּיthe seaהַיָּםwas growing more and moreהוֹלֵךְ וְstormyסֹעֵרagainst them.עֲלֵיהֶם
Jonah 1:13
Study it in the app“Then 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 1:13, 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- rowed hardיַּחְתְּרוּyachtru
row hard
Row hard.
Where else “yachtru” appears- to get backהָשִׁיבhashiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashiv” appears- the dry landיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha
dry land
What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.
Where else “yabasha” appears- but they could notיָכֹלוּyacholu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yacholu” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” 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
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.”
13 · This verse (above)
14So they cried out to YHWH and said, “We beg you, YHWH, let us not now perish for the soul of this man, and do not lay on us innocent blood; for you, YHWH, have done as you pleased.”