Study it in the app“Then 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?””
Then they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Tellהַגִּידָהus,לָנוּplease,נָּאon whose accountבַּאֲשֶׁר לְמִיthisהַזֹּאתevilהָרָעָהhas comeon us.לָנוּWhatמַהisyour occupation,מְּלַאכְתְּךָand from whereוּמֵאַיִןdo you come?תָּבוֹאWhatמָהisyour country,אַרְצֶךָand from whatוְאֵי מִזֶּהpeopleעַםareyou?”אָתָּה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appearsharm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacht” appearswhere from?
Where from? From what place?
Where else “ayin” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears7And 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
