H9001–/וַ–v

Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

וַיִּֽירְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

וַיִּֽירְא֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽזְבְּחוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּדְּר֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

וַיְמַ֤ן (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי (וַֽ) va “and”

For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי (וַ) va. “and”

I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

וַתַּ֧עַל (וַ) va. “and”

When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.

וַתָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”

And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

וַיָּ֤חֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”

And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.

וַֽיַּאֲמִ֛ינוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.

וַיִּגַּ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַ֣ס (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:

וַיַּזְעֵ֗ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?

וְנִחַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֛ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”

But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.

וַיֵּ֥רַע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖חַר (וַ) va “and”