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Jonah 1:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.


Jonah 1:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 1:1112 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָי/ו֙ʾēlāyw
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מַהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נַּ֣עֲשֶׂהnaʿăśeh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לָּ֔/ךְlākə
pron
וְ/יִשְׁתֹּ֥קwəyišətōq
be calmconjH8367
cease · be quiet
הַ/יָּ֖םhayām
sea ( -faring manparticleH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
מֵֽ/עָלֵ֑י/נוּmēʿālēynw
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כִּ֥יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הַ/יָּ֖םhayām
sea ( -faring manparticleH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
הוֹלֵ֥ךְhwōlēkə
alongverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
וְ/סֹעֵֽרwəsōʿēr
be tempestconjH5590
be sore · troubled · come out as a (drive with the · scatter with a) whirlwind
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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