Study it in the app“And they said each to his companion, “Come, let us cast lots, and let us know on whose account this evil has come on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.”
And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּeachאִישׁtoאֶלhis companion,רֵעֵהוּ“Come,לְכוּlet us castוְנַפִּילָהlots,גוֹרָלוֹתand let us knowוְנֵדְעָהon whose accountבְּשֶׁלְּמִיthisהַזֹּאתevilהָרָעָהhas comeon us.”לָנוּSo they castוַיַּפִּלוּlots,גּוֹרָלוֹתand the lotוַ הַגּוֹרָלfellיִּפֹּלonעַלJonah.יוֹנָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appearscast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “napila” appearslot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goralot” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “neda” appearsharm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appearsJonah
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” appears6And the chief of the sailors came near to him and said to him, “What is the matter with you, sleeper? Arise, cry out to your god; perhaps that god will give a thought to us, and we will not perish.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Then they said to him, “Tell us, please, on whose account this evil has come on us. What is your occupation, and from where do you come? What is your country, and from what people are you?”
