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Jonah 1:7-10

7And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559everyH376one to hisfellowH376,ComeH5307, and letusH413castH5307lotsגֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgo.ra.LotH1486, that we mayknowוְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הve.Ne.de.'AhH3045forwhoseבְּשֶׁלְּמִ֛יbe.she.le.MiH4310cause thisevilהָרָעָ֥הha.ra.'AhH7451isuponH5921usH413.SoH5921theycastH5307lotsגּֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgo.ra.LotH1486, and thelotהַגּוֹרָ֖לha.go.RalH1486fellH5307uponH5921Jonahיוֹנָֽה׃yo.NahH3124.

8Thensaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559they unto him,Tellהַגִּידָה־ha.gi.dah-H5046usH4994,weH834prayH4994thee, forwhoseH834cause thisevilהָרָעָ֥הha.ra.'AhH7451isuponתָּב֔וֹאta.Vo'H935usH4994;whatH4100is thineoccupationמְּלַאכְתְּךָ֙me.lakh.te.KhaH4399? and whence comest thou?whatH4100is thycountryאַרְצֶ֔ךָ'ar.Tze.khaH776? and ofwhatH4100peopleעַ֖ם'amH5971art thou?

9And hesaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, I am anHebrewעִבְרִ֣י'iv.RiH5680; and Ifearיָרֵ֔אya.Re'H3373theLORDיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hathmadeעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213theseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220and thedryהַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃hai.ya.ba.ShahH3004landH3004.

10Then were themenH376exceedinglyגְדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419afraidוַיִּֽירְא֤וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372, andsaidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto him,Whatמַה־mah-H4100is this that thou hastdoneעָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.taH6213? For themenH376knewיָדְע֣וּya.de.'UH3045that hefledבֹרֵ֔חַvo.Re.achH1272from thepresenceמִלִּפְנֵ֤יmi.lif.NeiH6440of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,becauseH3588he hadtoldהִגִּ֖ידhi.GidH5046them.

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