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But YHWHוַיהוָהhurledהֵטִילa greatגְּדוֹלָהwindרוּחַonאֶלthe sea,הַיָּםand there wasוַיְהִיa greatגָּדוֹלstormסַעַרon the sea,בַּיָּםand the shipוְהָאֳנִיָּהwas aboutחִשְּׁבָהto break up.לְהִשָּׁבֵר
Jonah 1:4
Study it in the app“But YHWH hurled a great wind on the sea, and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was about to break up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 1:4, word by word
- But YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- hurledהֵטִילhetil
hurl, cast down
To hurl, to throw with force; also to cast out or bring down.
Where else “hetil” appears- a greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and there wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- stormסַעַרsaar
storm, whirlwind
A whirlwind, a tempest: a very strong wind that swirls and sweeps along.
Where else “saar” appears- and the shipאֳנִיָּהoniya
ship
Ship.
Where else “oniya” appears- was aboutחִשְּׁבָהchishva
think
To turn something over in the mind until forming an opinion.
Where else “chishva” appears- to break upהִשָּׁבֵרhishaver
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “hishaver” appears
The context
3But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of YHWH. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; he paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the presence of YHWH.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the sailors were afraid, and they cried out, each to his god, and they hurled the objects that were in the ship into the sea to lighten the load for themselves. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the vessel and had lain down and was sound asleep.