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Jonah 1:11-16

11ThensaidH559theyuntohim,Whatshallwedounto thee,thattheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220maybecalmוְיִשְׁתֹּ֥קve.yish.TokH8367untous?fortheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220grewmoreandmoretempestuous.

12AndhesaidH559untothem,TakeH5375meup,andcastmeforthintotheseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220;soshalltheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220becalmוְיִשְׁתֹּ֥קve.yish.TokH8367untoyou:forIknowיוֹדֵ֣עַyo.De.a'H3045thatformysakethisgreatהַגָּד֛וֹלha.ga.DolH1419tempestH5591isuponyou.

13NeverthelessthemenH376rowedhardtogetthembackH7725tothelandהַיַּבָּשָׁ֖הhai.ya.ba.ShahH3004;buttheycouldnot:fortheseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220grewmoreandmoretempestuousagainstthem.

14WhereforetheycrieduntoJehovah,andsaidH559,Webeseechthee,OJehovah,webeseechthee,letusnotperishנֹאבְדָ֗הnov.DahH6forthisman’sהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376lifeבְּנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙be.Ne.feshH5315,andlaynotuponusinnocentנָקִ֑יאna.Ki'H5355bloodדָּ֣םdamH1818;forthou,OJehovah, hastdoneasitpleasedH2654thee.

15SotheytookH5375upJonahיוֹנָ֔הyo.NahH3124,andcasthimforthintotheseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220;andtheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220ceasedfromitsraging.

16ThenthemenH376fearedוַיִּֽירְא֧וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372Jehovahexceedingly;andtheyofferedH2076asacrificeזֶ֙בַח֙ze.vachH2077untoJehovah,andmadeH5087vowsנְדָרִֽים׃ne.da.RimH5088.

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