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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Iאָנֹכִיama Hebrew,עִבְרִיandוְIאֲנִיfearיָרֵאYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםwhoאֲשֶׁרmadeעָשָׂהthe seaאֶת הַיָּםand the dry land.”וְאֶת הַיַּבָּשָׁה
Jonah 1:9
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 1:9, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- a Hebrewעִבְרִיivri
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivri” appears- fearיָרֵאyare
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and the dry landיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha
dry land
What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.
Where else “yabasha” appears
The context
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?”
9 · This verse (above)
10Then the men feared with great fear, and they said to him, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of YHWH, because he had told them.