Then YHWHוַ יְהוָהspokeיֹּאמֶרto the fish,לַדָּגand it vomited outוַיָּקֵאJonahאֶת יוֹנָהontoאֶלthe dry land.הַיַּבָּשָׁה
Jonah 2:10
Study it in the app“Then YHWH spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah onto the dry land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 2:10, word by word
- Then 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- spokeיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the fishדָּגdag
fish
Fish; fish as a whole.
Where else “dag” appears- and it vomited outיָּקֵאyake
vomit
Vomit; throw out.
Where else “yake” appears- Jonahיוֹנָהyona
Jonah
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” appears- the dry landיַּבָּשָׁהyabasha
dry land
What is dry: dry land, in contrast with the sea.
Where else “yabasha” appears
The context
9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to YHWH.”
10 · This verse (above)