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Then the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםfearedיִּירְאוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהwith greatגְדוֹלָהfear,יִרְאָהand they offeredוַיִּזְבְּחוּa sacrificeזֶבַחto YHWHלַיהוָהand madeוַיִּדְּרוּvows.נְדָרִים
Jonah 1:16
Study it in the app“Then the men feared YHWH with great fear, and they offered a sacrifice to YHWH and made vows.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 1:16, 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
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yiru” appears- 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- with greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- fearיִרְאָהyira
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yira” appears- and they offeredיִּזְבְּחוּyizbchu
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbchu” appears- a sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- and madeיִּדְּרוּyidru
vow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “yidru” appears- vowsנְדָרִיםnedarim
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “nedarim” appears
The context
15Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its fury.
16 · This verse (above)
17And YHWH appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the inner parts of the fish three days and three nights.