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Jonah 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?


Jonah 1:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 1:820 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַגִּידָ/הhagiydāh
bewrayverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
נָּ֣אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
לָ֔/נוּlānw
pron
בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛רbaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לְ/מִיləmiy
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
מַהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
מְּלַאכְתְּ/ךָ֙məlaʾkətəkā
businessnounH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
וּ/מֵ/אַ֣יִןwmēʾayin
whenceconjH370
where
תָּב֔וֹאtābwōʾ
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
מָ֣הmāh
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
אַרְצֶ֔/ךָʾarəṣekā
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/אֵֽיwəʾēy
howconjH335
what · whence · where · whether ···
מִ/זֶּ֥הmizeh
hepronH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
עַ֖םʿam
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
אָֽתָּהʾātāh
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
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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