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Then they picked upוַיִּשְׂאוּJonahאֶת יוֹנָהand hurled himוַיְטִלֻהוּintoאֶלthe sea,הַיָּםand the seaוַ הַיָּםceasedיַּעֲמֹדfrom its fury.מִזַּעְפּוֹ
Jonah 1:15
Study it in the app“Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its fury.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 1:15, word by word
- Then they picked upיִּשְׂאוּyisu
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “yisu” appears- Jonahיוֹנָהyona
Jonah
Jonah. A personal name meaning "dove." Prophet, son of Amittai, from Gath-hepher, in the time of Jeroboam son of Joash (2 Kings 14:25); the same as in the book of Jonah.
Where else “yona” appears- and hurled himיְטִלֻyetilu
hurl, cast down
To hurl, to throw with force; also to cast out or bring down.
Where else “yetilu” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- ceasedיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “yaamod” appears- from its furyזַּעְפּzap
rage
Rage: strong anger, fury.
Where else “zap” appears
The context
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.”
15 · This verse (above)
16Then the men feared YHWH with great fear, and they offered a sacrifice to YHWH and made vows.