H9002–/וְ–v

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him: 'What meanest thou that thou sleepest? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.'

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said every one to his fellow: 'Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us.' So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

וְנַפִּ֣ילָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “so”

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

וּמֵאַ֣יִן (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said unto them: 'I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land.'

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said they unto him: 'What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us?' for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק (וְ) ve. “so”וְסֹעֵֽר׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וַהֲטִילֻ֣נִי (וַ) va. “and”וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק (וְ) ve. “so”

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

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְסֹעֵ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Wherefore they cried unto 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.'

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me.

וְנָהָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said: 'I am cast out from before Thine eyes'; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD.

וַאֲנִ֗י (וַ) va. “and”

'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.'

וִּקְרָ֤א (וִּ) vi “and”

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

וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְנִֽינְוֵ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “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;

וּגְדֹלָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצֹּ֗אן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

וְיִתְכַּסּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִקְרְא֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?'

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said: 'I pray Thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in mine own country? Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant i

וְרַח֔וּם (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַב־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִחָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech Thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.'

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD said: 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night;

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

and should not I have pity on Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?'

וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּבְהֵמָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

THE WORD of the LORD that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

וִירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (וִ) vi. “and”