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He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great tempest is on you."

בְשֶׁלִּ֔י (לִּ֔) L “to <the>”

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

לְהָשִׁ֛יב (לְ) le. “to”

Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

לִבְלֹ֖עַ (לִ) li “to”

He said, "I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “of”

I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'

לְהַבִּ֔יט (לְ) le. “to”

The waters surrounded me, Even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃ (לְ) le. “to”

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.

לְקִצְבֵ֤י (לְ) le. “to”לְעוֹלָ֑ם (לְ) le. “for”

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."

לָּ֔ךְ (לָּ֔) La “to <the>”לַיהוָֽה׃ (לַ) la. “[belongs] to”

Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

לַדָּ֑ג (לַ) la. “to the”

The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.

לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים (לֵֽ) le. “to”

Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"

לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God repented of the evil which he said he would do to them, and he didn't do it.

לַעֲשׂוֹת־ (לַ) la. “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you repent of the evil.

לִבְרֹ֣חַ (לִ) li “to”

Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"

לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.

לָעִ֑יר (לָ) la. “of the”ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “for <the>”

Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.

לְיוֹנָ֗ה (לְ) le. “<to>”לִֽהְי֥וֹת (לִֽ) li “to”לְהַצִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to> <the>”

But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.

לַֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת (לַֽ) la. “to the”

It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

לָמ֔וּת (לָ) la. “to”

God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”

Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?"

לִשְׂמֹאל֔וֹ (לִ) li “and”

Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: And let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, The Lord from his holy temple.

לְעֵ֔ד (לְ) le. “<into>”