New American Standard Bible 1995

Jonah 1:7-10

7EachH376manH376saidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to his mateרֵעֵ֗הוּre.'E.huH7453, “Comeלְכוּ֙le.KhuH1980, let uscastוְנַפִּ֣ילָהve.na.Pi.lahH5307lotsגֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgo.ra.LotH1486so we maylearnוְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הve.Ne.de.'AhH3045on whoseבְּשֶׁלְּמִ֛יbe.she.le.MiH4310accountH7945thisH2088calamityH7463has struckus.” So they castוַיַּפִּ֙לוּ֙vai.ya.Pi.luH5307lotsגּֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgo.ra.LotH1486and thelotהַגּוֹרָ֖לha.go.RalH1486fellוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307on Jonahיוֹנָֽה׃yo.NahH3124.

8Then they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to him, “Tellהַגִּידָה־ha.gi.dah-H5046us, nowנָּ֣אna'H4994!On whoseלְמִי־le.mi-H4310account hasthisH2088calamityH7463struckus? Whatמַה־mah-H4100is youroccupationמְּלַאכְתְּךָ֙me.lakh.te.KhaH4399?And whereוּמֵאַ֣יִןu.me.'A.yinH370do you comeתָּב֔וֹאta.Vo'H935from? Whatמָ֣הmahH4100is your countryאַרְצֶ֔ךָ'ar.Tze.khaH776?From whatוְאֵֽי־ve.'ei-H335 H2088peopleעַ֖ם'amH5971are you?”

9He saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “I am aHebrewעִבְרִ֣י'iv.RiH5680, and IfearH3372the Lordיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834madeעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213the seaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220and the dryהַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃hai.ya.ba.ShahH3004landH3004.”

10Then the menH376becameH3372extremelyיִרְאָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔הyir.'Ah ge.do.LahH3374 H1419frightenedH3372and they saidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to him, “Howמַה־mah-H4100could you doעָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.taH6213thisH2088?”For the menH376knewיָדְע֣וּya.de.'UH3045that he wasfleeingבֹרֵ֔חַvo.Re.achH1272from the presenceמִלִּפְנֵ֤יmi.lif.NeiH6440of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,becauseH3588he had toldהִגִּ֖ידhi.GidH5046them.

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