Jonah 1:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.”

Jonah 1:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 1:1312 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּחְתְּר֣וּwayaḥətərw

and they rowedconjH2864

row

הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֗יםhāʾănāšiym

manparticleH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

לְ/הָשִׁ֛יבləhāšiyb

to returnpronH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֶלʾel

topronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/יַּבָּשָׁ֖הhayabāšāh

the dry landparticleH3004

land)

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָכֹ֑לוּyākōlw

they were ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

כִּ֣יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הַ/יָּ֔םhayām

the seaparticleH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

הוֹלֵ֥ךְhwōlēkə

was goingverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

וְ/סֹעֵ֖רwəsōʿēr

and stormingconjH5590

be sore · troubled · come out as a (drive with the · scatter with a) whirlwind

עֲלֵי/הֶֽםʿălēyhem

on thempronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

ℹWords 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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