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So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. (KJV)
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וַיִּקְרַ֤בvai.yik.Ravand he drew near
Lemma: קָרַב (qa.rav) · Strong's: H7126G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to present: come
Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 27:41, Genesis 37:18, Genesis 47:29, Exodus 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7126G; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 1
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto him
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 2
רַ֣בrav[the] chief of
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: chief
Used 29 times. Also: 2 Kings 25:8, 2 Kings 25:10, 2 Kings 25:11, 2 Kings 25:12, 2 Kings 25:15, 2 Kings 25:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227B; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 3
הַחֹבֵ֔לha.cho.Velthe sailor[s]
Lemma: חֹבֵל (cho.vel) · Strong's: H2259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pilot
Used 5 times. Also: Ezekiel 27:8, Ezekiel 27:27, Ezekiel 27:28, Ezekiel 27:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2259; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 4
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 5
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 6
נִרְדָּ֑םnir.Damsleeping
Lemma: רָדַם (ra.dam) · Strong's: H7290
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to sleep
Used 7 times. Also: Judges 4:21, Psalms 76:6, Proverbs 10:5, Daniel 8:18, Daniel 10:9, Jonah 1:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7290; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 7
ק֚וּםkumarise
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 8
קְרָ֣אke.Ra'call
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 9
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 10
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khagod your
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 11
אוּלַ֞י'u.Laiperhaps
Lemma: אוּלַי (u.lay) · Strong's: H0194
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: perhaps
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 16:2, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:28, Genesis 18:29, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0194; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 12
יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧תyit.'a.Shethe will give thought
Lemma: עָשַׁת (a.shat) · Strong's: H6245B
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVti3ms)
Meaning: to think
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6245B; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 13
הָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.Himthe god
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 14
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 15
נֹאבֵֽד\׃no.Vedwe will perish
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Jonah 1:6 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The captain | → | רַב H7227B chief |
| . . . | → | חֹבֵל H2259 pilot |
| approached | → | קָרַב H7126G to present: come |
| him | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| and said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| How | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| can you | → | |
| sleep | → | רָדַם H7290 to sleep |
| Get up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| [and] call | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| upon | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| your God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| Perhaps | → | אוּלַי H0194 perhaps |
| this God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| will consider | → | עָשַׁת H6245B to think |
| us | → | |
| so that | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| we may not perish | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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