H9001–/וַ–v

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

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

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

Then said they to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, Take me, and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Wherefore they cried to the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

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

So they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

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

Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows.

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

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardst my voice.

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

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods encompassed me: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי (וַ) va. “and”

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

וַתַּ֧עַל (וַ) va. “and”

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple.

וַתָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”

And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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

And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

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

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

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

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

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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

For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

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

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

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

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not.

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

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

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