H9001–/וַ–v

And they say unto him, `Declare to us, we pray thee, on what account this evil `is' on us? what `is' thine occupation, and whence comest thou? what `is' thy country, seeing thou art not of this people?'

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith unto them, `A Hebrew I `am', and Jehovah, God of the heavens, I am reverencing, who made the sea and the dry land.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the men fear a great fear, and say unto him, `What `is' this thou hast done!' for the men have known that from the face of Jehovah he is fleeing, for he hath told them.

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

And they say unto him, `What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?'

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith unto them, `Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea doth cease from you; for I know that on my account this great tempest `is' upon you.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they cry unto Jehovah, and say, `We pray Thee, O Jehovah, let us not, we pray Thee, perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood, for Thou, Jehovah, as Thou hast pleased, Thou hast done.'

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

And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;

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

and the men fear Jehovah -- a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.

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

And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

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

And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

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

When Thou dost cast me `into' the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי (וַ) va. “and”

To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars `are' behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

וַתַּ֧עַל (וַ) va. “and”

In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.

וַתָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”

And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah a second time, saying,

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.

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

And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, `Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.'

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

And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,

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

seeing the word doth come unto the king of Nineveh, and he riseth from his throne, and removeth his honourable robe from off him, and spreadeth out sackcloth, and sitteth on the ashes,

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

and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, `Man and beast, herd and flock -- let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;

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

Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'

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

And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done `it'.

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

And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it;

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