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Jonah 1


  • 1. Now the word <1697 dabar > of the LORD <3068 Y@hovah > came
  • <1961 hayah > unto Jonah <3124 Yonah > the son <1121 ben > of
  • Amittai <0573 >Amittay >, saying <0559 >amar >,
  • 2 Arise <6965 quwm >, go <3212 yalak > to Nineveh <5210
  • Niyn@veh >,
  • that great <1419 gadowl > city <5892 <iyr >, and cry <7121 qara>
  • >
  • against <5921 <al > it; for their wickedness <7451 ra< > is come
  • <5927 <alah > up before <6440 paniym > me.
  • 3 But Jonah <3124 Yonah > rose <6965 quwm > up to flee <1272
  • barach
  • > unto Tarshish <8659 Tarshiysh > from the presence <6440 paniym
  • >
  • of the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, and went <3381 yarad > down <3381
  • yarad
  • > to Joppa <3305 Yapho >; and he found <4672 matsa> > a ship
  • <0591
  • >oniyah > going <0935 bow> > to Tarshish <8659 Tarshiysh >: so he
  • paid <5414 nathan > the fare <7939 sakar > thereof, and went
  • <3381
  • yarad > down <3381 yarad > into it, to go <0935 bow> > with them
  • unto Tarshish <8659 Tarshiysh > from the presence <6440 paniym >
  • of
  • the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >.
  • 4. But the LORD <3068 Y@hovah > sent <2904 tuwl > out a great
  • <1419
  • gadowl > wind <7307 ruwach > into <0413 >el > the sea <3220 yam
  • >,
  • and there was a mighty <1419 gadowl > tempest <5591 ca<ar > in
  • the
  • sea <3220 yam >, so that the ship <0591 >oniyah > was like <2803
  • chashab > to be broken <7665 shabar >.
  • 5 Then the mariners <4419 mallach > were afraid <3372 yare> >,
  • and
  • cried <2199 za<aq > every man unto his god <0430 >elohiym >, and
  • cast <2904 tuwl > forth <2904 tuwl > the wares <3627 k@liy > that
  • [were] in the ship <0591 >oniyah > into <0413 >el > the sea <3220
  • yam >, to lighten <7043 qalal > [it] of them. But Jonah <3124
  • Yonah
  • > was gone <3381 yarad > down <3381 yarad > into <0413 >el > the
  • sides <3411 y@rekah > of the ship <5600 c@phiynah >; and he lay
  • <7901 shakab >, and was fast asleep <7290 radam >.
  • 6 So the shipmaster came <7126 qarab > to him, and said <0559
  • >amar
  • > unto him, What <4100 mah > meanest thou, O sleeper <7290 radam
  • >?
  • arise <6965 quwm >, call <7121 qara> > upon thy God <0430
  • >elohiym
  • >, if <0194 >uwlay > so be that God <0430 >elohiym > will think
  • <6245 <ashath > upon us, that we perish <6> not.
  • 7 And they said <0559 >amar > every <0376 >iysh > one <0376
  • >iysh >
  • to his fellow <7453 rea< >, Come <3212 yalak >, and let us cast
  • <5307 naphal > lots <1486 gowral >, that we may know <3045 yada<
  • >
  • for whose <4310 miy > cause <7945 shel > this <2063 zo>th > evil
  • <7451 ra< > [is] upon us. So they cast <5307 naphal > lots <1486
  • gowral >, and the lot <1486 gowral > fell <5307 naphal > upon
  • Jonah
  • <3124 Yonah >.
  • 8 Then said <0559 >amar > they unto him, Tell <5046 nagad > us,
  • we
  • pray <4994 na> > thee, for whose cause <0834 >aher > this <2063
  • zo>th > evil <7451 ra< > [is] upon us; What <4100 mah > [is]
  • thine
  • occupation <4399 m@la>kah >? and whence <0370 >aiyn > comest
  • <0935
  • bow> > thou? what <4100 mah > [is] thy country <0776 >erets >?
  • and
  • of what people <5971 <am > [art] thou?
  • 9 And he said <0559 >amar > unto them, I [am] an Hebrew <5680
  • <Ibriy >; and I fear <3373 yare> > the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, the
  • God
  • <0430 >elohiym > of heaven <8064 shamayim >, which <0834 >aher >
  • hath made <6213 <asah > the sea <3220 yam > and the dry <3004
  • yabbashah > [land].
  • 10 Then were the men <0582 >enowsh > exceedingly <1419 gadowl >
  • afraid <3372 yare> >, and said <0559 >amar > unto him, Why <4100
  • mah
  • > hast thou done <6213 <asah > this <2063 zo>th >? For the men
  • <0582
  • >enowsh > knew <3045 yada< > that he fled <1272 barach > from the
  • presence <6440 paniym > of the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, because
  • <3588
  • kiy > he had told <5046 nagad > them.
  • 11. Then said <0559 >amar > they unto him, What <4100 mah >
  • shall
  • we do <6213 <asah > unto thee, that the sea <3220 yam > may be
  • calm
  • <8367 shathaq > unto us? for the sea <3220 yam > wrought <1980
  • halak
  • >, and was tempestuous <5490 cowph >.
  • 12 And he said <0559 >amar > unto them, Take <5375 nasa> > me
  • up,
  • and cast <2904 tuwl > me forth <2904 tuwl > into <0413 >el > the
  • sea
  • <3220 yam >; so shall the sea <3220 yam > be calm <8367 shathaq >
  • unto you: for I know <3045 yada< > that for my sake <7945 shel >
  • this great <1419 gadowl > tempest <5591 ca<ar > [is] upon you.
  • 13 Nevertheless the men <0582 >enowsh > rowed <2864 chathar >
  • hard
  • to bring <7725 shuwb > [it] to the land <3004 yabbashah >; but
  • they
  • could <3201 yakol > not: for the sea <3220 yam > wrought <1980
  • halak
  • >, and was tempestuous <5490 cowph > against <5921 <al > them.
  • 14 Wherefore they cried <7121 qara> > unto the LORD <3068
  • Y@hovah
  • >, and said <0559 >amar >, We beseech <0577 >anna> > thee, O LORD
  • <3068 Y@hovah >, we beseech <0577 >anna> > thee, let us not
  • perish
  • <6> for this <2088 zeh > man's <0376 >iysh > life <5315 nephesh
  • >,
  • and lay <5414 nathan > not upon us innocent <5355 naqiy > blood
  • <1818 dam >: for thou, O LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, hast done <6213
  • <asah
  • > as it pleased <2654 chaphets > thee.
  • 15 So they took up Jonah <3124 Yonah >, and cast <2904 tuwl >
  • him
  • forth <2904 tuwl > into <0413 >el > the sea <3220 yam >: and the
  • sea
  • <3220 yam > ceased <5975 <amad > from her raging <2197 za<aph >.
  • 16 Then the men <0582 >enowsh > feared <3372 yare> > the LORD
  • <3068
  • Y@hovah > exceedingly <1419 gadowl >, and offered <2076 zabach >
  • a
  • sacrifice <2077 zebach > unto the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, and made
  • vows <5088 neder >.
  • 17 Now the LORD <3068 Y@hovah > had prepared <4487 manah > a
  • great
  • <1419 gadowl > fish <1709 dag > to swallow <1104 bala< > up Jonah
  • <3124 Yonah >. And Jonah <3124 Yonah > was in the belly <4578
  • me<ah
  • > of the fish <1709 dag > three <7969 shalowsh > days <3117 yowm
  • >
  • and three <7969 shalowsh > nights <3915 layil >.
  • Jonah 2
  • 1. Then Jonah <3124 Yonah > prayed <6419 palal > unto the LORD
  • <3068 Y@hovah > his God <0430 >elohiym > out of the fish's <1710
  • dagah > belly <4578 me<ah >,
  • 2 And said <0559 >amar >, I cried <7121 qara> > by reason of
  • mine
  • affliction <6869 tsarah > unto the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, and he
  • heard <6030 <anah > me; out of the belly <0990 beten > of hell
  • <7585
  • sh@>owl > cried <7768 shava< > I, [and] thou heardest <8085
  • shama< >
  • my voice <6963 qowl >.
  • 3 For thou hadst cast <7993 shalak > me into the deep <4688
  • m@tsowlah >, in the midst <3824 lebab > of the seas <3220 yam >;
  • and
  • the floods <5104 nahar > compassed <5437 cabab > me about: all
  • <3605
  • kol > thy billows <4867 mishbar > and thy waves <1530 gal >
  • passed
  • <5674 <abar > over <5674 <abar > me.
  • 4 Then I said <0559 >amar >, I am cast <1644 garash > out of thy
  • sight <5869 <ayin >; yet <0389 >ak > I will look <5027 nabat >
  • again
  • <3254 yacaph > toward <0413 >el > thy holy <6944 qodesh > temple
  • <1964 heykal >.
  • 5 The waters <4325 mayim > compassed <0661 >aphaph > me about,
  • [even] to the soul <5315 nephesh >: the depth <8415 t@howm >
  • closed
  • <5437 cabab > me round <5437 cabab > about, the weeds <5488
  • cuwph >
  • were wrapped <2280 chabash > about my head <7218 ro>sh >.
  • 6 I went <3381 yarad > down <3381 yarad > to the bottoms of the
  • mountains <2022 har >; the earth <0776 >erets > with her bars
  • <1280
  • b@riyach > [was] about <1157 b@<ad > me for ever <5769 <owlam >:
  • yet
  • hast thou brought <5927 <alah > up my life <2416 chay > from
  • corruption <7845 shachath >, O LORD <3068 Y@hovah > my God <0430
  • >elohiym >.
  • 7 When my soul <5315 nephesh > fainted <5848 <ataph > within
  • <5921
  • <al > me I remembered <2142 zakar > the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >:
  • and my
  • prayer <8605 t@phillah > came <0935 bow> > in unto thee, into
  • <0413
  • >el > thine holy <6944 qodesh > temple <1964 heykal >.
  • 8 They that observe <8104 shamar > lying <7723 shav> > vanities
  • <1892 hebel > forsake <5800 <azab > their own mercy <2617 checed
  • >.
  • 9 But I will sacrifice <2076 zabach > unto thee with the voice
  • <6963 qowl > of thanksgiving <8426 towdah >; I will pay <7999
  • shalam
  • > [that] that I have vowed <5087 nadar >. Salvation <3444
  • y@shuw<ah
  • > [is] of the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >.
  • 10. And the LORD <3068 Y@hovah > spake <0559 >amar > unto the
  • fish
  • <1709 dag >, and it vomited <6958 qow> > out Jonah <3124 Yonah >
  • upon the dry <3004 yabbashah > [land].
  • Jonah 3
  • 1. And the word <1697 dabar > of the LORD <3068 Y@hovah > came
  • <1961 hayah > unto Jonah <3124 Yonah > the second <8145 sheniy >
  • time, saying <0559 >amar >,
  • 2 Arise <6965 quwm >, go <3312 Y@phunneh > unto Nineveh <5210
  • Niyn@veh >, that great <1419 gadowl > city <5892 <iyr >, and
  • preach
  • <7121 qara> > unto it the preaching <7150 q@riy>ah > that I bid
  • <1696 dabar > thee.
  • 3 So Jonah <3124 Yonah > arose <6965 quwm >, and went <3212
  • yalak >
  • unto Nineveh <5210 Niyn@veh >, according to the word <1697 dabar
  • >
  • of the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >. Now Nineveh <5210 Niyn@veh > was an
  • exceeding <0430 >elohiym > great <1419 gadowl > city <5892 <iyr
  • > of
  • three <7969 shalowsh > days <3117 yowm >' journey <4109 mahalak
  • >.
  • 4 And Jonah <3124 Yonah > began <2490 chalal > to enter <0935
  • bow>
  • > into the city <5892 <iyr > a day's <3117 yowm > journey <4109
  • mahalak >, and he cried <7121 qara> >, and said <0559 >amar >,
  • Yet
  • <5750 <owd > forty <0705 >arba<iym > days <3117 yowm >, and
  • Nineveh
  • <5210 Niyn@veh > shall be overthrown <2015 haphak >.
  • 5. So the people <0582 >enowsh > of Nineveh <5210 Niyn@veh >
  • believed <0539 >aman > God <0430 >elohiym >, and proclaimed <7121
  • qara> > a fast <6685 tsowm >, and put <3847 labash > on sackcloth
  • <8242 saq >, from the greatest <1419 gadowl > of them even to the
  • least <6996 qatan > of them.
  • 6 For word <1697 dabar > came <5060 naga< > unto the king <4428
  • melek > of Nineveh <5210 Niyn@veh >, and he arose <6965 quwm >
  • from
  • his throne <3678 kicce> >, and he laid <5674 <abar > his robe
  • <0155
  • >addereth > from him, and covered <3680 kacah > [him] with
  • sackcloth
  • <8242 saq >, and sat <3427 yashab > in ashes <0665 >epher >.
  • 7 And he caused [it] to be proclaimed <2199 za<aq > and
  • published
  • <0559 >amar > through Nineveh <5210 Niyn@veh > by the decree
  • <2940
  • ta<am > of the king <4428 melek > and his nobles <1419 gadowl >,
  • saying <0559 >amar >, Let neither <0369 >ayin > man <0120 >adam >
  • nor beast <0929 b@hemah >, herd <1241 baqar > nor flock <6629
  • tso>n
  • >, taste <2938 ta<am > any <3792 k@thab > thing: let them not
  • feed
  • <7462 ra<ah >, nor <0408 >al > drink <8354 shathah > water <4325
  • mayim >:
  • 8 But let man <0120 >adam > and beast <0929 b@hemah > be covered
  • <3680 kacah > with sackcloth <8242 saq >, and cry <7121 qara> >
  • mightily <2393 chezqah > unto God <0430 >elohiym >: yea, let them
  • turn <7725 shuwb > every <0376 >iysh > one <0376 >iysh > from his
  • evil <7451 ra< > way <1870 derek >, and from the violence <2555
  • chamac > that [is] in their hands <3709 kaph >.
  • 9 Who <4310 miy > can tell <3045 yada< > [if] God <0430
  • >elohiym >
  • will turn <7725 shuwb > and repent <5162 nacham >, and turn <7725
  • shuwb > away from his fierce <2740 charown > anger <0639 >aph >,
  • that we perish <6> not?
  • 10 And God <0430 >elohiym > saw <7200 ra>ah > their works <4639
  • ma<aseh >, that they turned <7725 shuwb > from their evil <7451
  • ra<
  • > way <1870 derek >; and God <0430 >elohiym > repented <5162
  • nacham
  • > of the evil <7451 ra< >, that he had said <1696 dabar > that he
  • would do <6213 <asah > unto them; and he did <6213 <asah > [it]
  • not.
  • Jonah 4
  • 1. But it displeased Jonah <3124 Yonah > exceedingly <1419
  • gadowl
  • >, and he was very angry <2734 charah >.
  • 2 And he prayed <6419 palal > unto the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, and
  • said <0559 >amar >, I pray <0577 >anna> > thee, O LORD <3068
  • Y@hovah
  • >, [was] not this <2088 zeh > my saying <1697 dabar >, when <5704
  • <ad > I was yet <5704 <ad > in my country <0127 >adamah >?
  • Therefore
  • I fled <1272 barach > before <6924 qedem > unto Tarshish <8659
  • Tarshiysh >: for I knew <3045 yada< > that thou [art] a gracious
  • <2587 channuwn > God <0410 >el >, and merciful <7349 rachuwm >,
  • slow
  • <0750 >arek > to anger <0639 >aph >, and of great <7227 rab >
  • kindness <2617 checed >, and repentest <5162 nacham > thee of the
  • evil <7451 ra< >.
  • 3 Therefore now <6258 <attah >, O LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, take
  • <3947
  • laqach >, I beseech <4994 na> > thee, my life <5315 nephesh >
  • from
  • me; for [it is] better <2896 towb > for me to die <4194 maveth >
  • than to live <2416 chay >.
  • 4 Then said <0559 >amar > the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, Doest thou
  • well
  • <3190 yatab > to be angry <2734 charah >?
  • 5. So Jonah <3124 Yonah > went <3318 yatsa> > out of the city
  • <5892
  • <iyr >, and sat <3427 yashab > on the east <6924 qedem > side
  • <6924
  • qedem > of the city <5892 <iyr >, and there <8033 sham > made
  • <6213
  • <asah > him a booth <5521 cukkah >, and sat <3427 yashab > under
  • <8478 tachath > it in the shadow <6738 tsel >, till <5704 <ad >
  • he
  • might see <7200 ra>ah > what <4100 mah > would become <1961
  • hayah >
  • of the city <5892 <iyr >.
  • 6 And the LORD <3068 Y@hovah > God <0430 >elohiym > prepared
  • <4487
  • manah > a gourd <7021 qiyqayown >, and made [it] to come <5927
  • <alah
  • > up over <5921 <al > Jonah <3124 Yonah >, that it might be a
  • shadow
  • <6738 tsel > over <5921 <al > his head <7218 ro>sh >, to deliver
  • <5337 natsal > him from his grief <7451 ra< >. So Jonah <3124
  • Yonah
  • > was exceeding <1419 gadowl > glad <8056 sameach > of the gourd
  • <7021 qiyqayown >.
  • 7 But God <0430 >elohiym > prepared <4487 manah > a worm <8438
  • towla< > when the morning <7837 shachar > rose <5927 <alah > the
  • next <4283 mochorath > day <4283 mochorath >, and it smote <5221
  • nakah > the gourd <7021 qiyqayown > that it withered <3001
  • yabesh >.
  • 8 And it came <1961 hayah > to pass, when the sun <8121 shemesh
  • >
  • did arise <2224 zarach >, that God <0430 >elohiym > prepared
  • <4487
  • manah > a vehement <2759 chariyshiy > east <6921 qadiym > wind
  • <7307
  • ruwach >; and the sun <8121 shemesh > beat <5221 nakah > upon the
  • head <7218 ro>sh > of Jonah <3124 Yonah >, that he fainted <5968
  • <alaph >, and wished <7592 sha>al > in himself to die <4191
  • muwth >,
  • and said <0559 >amar >, [It is] better <2896 towb > for me to die
  • <4191 muwth > than to live <2416 chay >.
  • 9 And God <0430 >elohiym > said <0559 >amar > to Jonah <3124
  • Yonah
  • >, Doest thou well <3190 yatab > to be angry <2734 charah > for
  • the
  • gourd <7021 qiyqayown >? And he said <0559 >amar >, I do well
  • <3190
  • yatab > to be angry <2734 charah >, [even] unto death <4194
  • maveth
  • >.
  • 10 Then said <0559 >amar > the LORD <3068 Y@hovah >, Thou hast
  • had
  • pity <2347 chuwc > on <5921 <al > the gourd <7021 qiyqayown >,
  • for
  • the which <0834 >aher > thou hast not laboured <5998 <amal >,
  • neither <3808 lo> > madest it grow <1431 gadal >; which came
  • <1961
  • hayah > up in a night <3915 layil >, and perished <6> in a night
  • <3915 layil >:
  • 11 And should not I spare <2347 chuwc > Nineveh <5210 Niyn@veh
  • >,
  • that great <1419 gadowl > city <5892 <iyr >, wherein are more
  • <7227
  • rab > than sixscore thousand <7239 ribbow > persons <0120 >adam >
  • that cannot <3808 lo> > discern <3045 yada< > between <0996 beyn
  • >
  • their right <3225 yamiyn > hand <3235 yamar > and their left
  • <8040
  • s@mo>wl > hand <8040 s@mo>wl >; and [also] much <7227 rab >
  • cattle
  • <0929 b@hemah >?