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Jonah 1:6

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
Jonah 1:6
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיִּקְרַ֤ב אֵלָיו֙ רַ֣ב הַחֹבֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ מַה־לְּךָ֣ נִרְדָּ֑ם ק֚וּם קְרָ֣א אֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אוּלַ֞י יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧ת הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים לָ֖נוּ וְלֹ֥א נֹאבֵֽד׃

  1. וַיִּקְרַ֤בvai.yik.Rav“and he drew near”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from קָרַב · “come” · Strong's H7126G
  2. אֵלָיו֙'e.Lav“to him”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  3. רַ֣בrav“[the] chief of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from רַב · “chief” · Strong's H7227B
  4. הַחֹבֵ֔לha.cho.Vel“the sailor[s]”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from חֹבֵל · “pilot” · Strong's H2259
  5. וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  6. ל֖וֹlo“to <the> him”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  7. מַה־mah-“what?”
    Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  8. לְּךָ֣le.Kha“[is] to <the> you”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from Os2m · “you” · Strong's H9031
  9. נִרְדָּ֑םnir.Dam“sleeping”
    Verb, niphal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from רָדַם · “to sleep” · Strong's H7290
  10. ק֚וּםkum“arise”
    Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from קוּם · “rise” · Strong's H6965B
  11. קְרָ֣אke.Ra'“call”
    Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from קָרָא · “call to” · Strong's H7121G
  12. אֶל־'el-“to”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  13. אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.kha“god your”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אֱלֹהִים · “God” · Strong's H0430G
  14. אוּלַ֞י'u.Lai“perhaps”
    Adverb · from אוּלַי · “perhaps” · Strong's H0194
  15. יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧תyit.'a.Shet“he will give thought”
    Verb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשַׁת · “to think” · Strong's H6245B
  16. הָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.Him“the god”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from אֱלֹהִים · “God” · Strong's H0430G
  17. לָ֖נוּLa.nu“to <the> us”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, plural · from Op1c · “us” · Strong's H9035
  18. וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'“and not”
    Conjunction + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  19. נֹאבֵֽד׃no.Ved“we will perish”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural · from אָבַד · “to perish” · Strong's H0006
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)