“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 1:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jonah 1:718 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רֵעֵ֗/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
לְכוּ֙ləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/נַפִּ֣ילָהwənapiylāh
so let us castconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
גֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgwōrālwōt
lotsnounH1486
וְ/נֵ֣דְעָ֔הwənēdəʿāh
so we may knowconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
בְּ/שֶׁ/לְּ/מִ֛יbəšeləmiy
by which of whom?pronH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
הָ/רָעָ֥הhārāʿāh
the evilparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הַ/זֹּ֖אתhazōʾt
thisparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
לָ֑/נוּlānw
pron
וַ/יַּפִּ֨לוּ֙wayapilw
and they castconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
גּֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgwōrālwōt
lotsnounH1486
וַ/יִּפֹּ֥לwayipōl
and it fellconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
הַ/גּוֹרָ֖לhagwōrāl
the lotparticleH1486
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יוֹנָֽהywōnāh
JonahnounH3124
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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