New American Standard Bible 1995

Jonah 1:13-16

13However, the menH376rowedוַיַּחְתְּר֣וּvai.yach.te.RuH2864desperatelyto returnלְהָשִׁ֛יבle.ha.ShivH7725to landהַיַּבָּשָׁ֖הhai.ya.ba.ShahH3004but they couldיָכֹ֑לוּya.Kho.luH3201not, for the seaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220was becomingהוֹלֵ֥ךְho.LekhH1980evenstormierוְסֹעֵ֖רve.so.'ErH5590againstעֲלֵיהֶֽם׃'a.lei.HemH5921them.

14Then they calledוַיִּקְרְא֨וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121on theLordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068and saidוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “We earnestlyH577prayH577,OH577 Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,do not let us perishנֹאבְדָ֗הnov.DahH6on account of thisהַזֶּ֔הha.ZehH2088man’sהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376lifeבְּנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙be.Ne.feshH5315and do not putתִּתֵּ֥ןti.TenH5414innocentנָקִ֑יאna.Ki'H5355bloodדָּ֣םdamH1818on us; forYou, O Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,have doneעָשִֽׂיתָ׃'a.Si.taH6213as You have pleasedחָפַ֖צְתָּcha.Fatz.taH2654.”

15So they pickedוַיִּשְׂאוּ֙vai.yis.'UH5375up Jonahיוֹנָ֔הyo.NahH3124,threwוַיְטִלֻ֖הוּvay.ti.Lu.huH2904him into the seaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220,and the seaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220stoppedוַיַּעֲמֹ֥דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975its ragingמִזַּעְפּֽוֹ׃mi.za'.PoH2197.

16Then the menH376fearedוַיִּֽירְא֧וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068greatlyגְדוֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419,and they offeredוַיִּֽזְבְּחוּ־vai.yiz.be.chu-H2076a sacrificeזֶ֙בַח֙ze.vachH2077to the Lordלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068and madeוַֽיִּדְּר֖וּvai.yi.de.RuH5087vowsנְדָרִֽים׃ne.da.RimH5088.

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