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Jonah 1:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.


Jonah 1:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 1:718 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רֵעֵ֗/הוּrēʿēhw
brothernounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
לְכוּ֙ləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/נַפִּ֣ילָהwənapiylāh
be acceptedconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
גֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgwōrālwōt
lotnounH1486
וְ/נֵ֣דְעָ֔הwənēdəʿāh
acknowledgeconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
בְּ/שֶׁ/לְּ/מִ֛יbəšeləmiy
anypronH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
הָ/רָעָ֥הhārāʿāh
adversityparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הַ/זֹּ֖אתhazōʾt
hereby (-inparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
לָ֑/נוּlānw
pron
וַ/יַּפִּ֨לוּ֙wayapilw
be acceptedconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
גּֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgwōrālwōt
lotnounH1486
וַ/יִּפֹּ֥לwayipōl
be acceptedconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
הַ/גּוֹרָ֖לhagwōrāl
lotparticleH1486
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יוֹנָֽהywōnāh
JonahnounH3124
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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