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And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. (KJV)
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וַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
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 1:7 word 1
אִ֣ישׁ'isheach
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man: anyone
Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 2
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 1:7 word 3
רֵעֵ֗הוּre.'E.huneighbor his
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 4
לְכוּ֙le.Khucome
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980K
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to go: come!
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 19:32, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 37:13, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:27, Exodus 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980K; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 5
וְנַפִּ֣ילָהve.na.Pi.lahso let us cast
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307I
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVhc1cp)
Meaning: to fall: allot
Used 26 times. Also: Numbers 34:2, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 23:4, Judges 18:1, 1 Samuel 14:42, 1 Chronicles 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307I; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 6
גֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgo.ra.Lotlots
Lemma: גּוֹרָל (go.ral) · Strong's: H1486
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: allotted
Used 77 times. Also: Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:10, Numbers 26:55, Numbers 26:56, Numbers 33:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1486; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 7
וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הve.Ne.de.'Ahso we may know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 8
בְּשֶׁלְּמִ֛יbe.she.le.Miby which of whom?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 9
הָרָעָ֥הha.ra.'Ahthe evil
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: distress: evil
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 10
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> this
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 11
וַיַּפִּ֙לוּ֙vai.ya.Pi.luand they cast
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307I
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)
Meaning: to fall: allot
Used 26 times. Also: Numbers 34:2, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 23:4, Judges 18:1, 1 Samuel 14:42, 1 Chronicles 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307I; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 12
גּֽוֹרָל֔וֹתgo.ra.Lotlots
Lemma: גּוֹרָל (go.ral) · Strong's: H1486
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: allotted
Used 77 times. Also: Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:10, Numbers 26:55, Numbers 26:56, Numbers 33:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1486; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 13
וַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.Poland it fell
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to fall: allot
Used 26 times. Also: Numbers 34:2, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 23:4, Judges 18:1, 1 Samuel 14:42, 1 Chronicles 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307I; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 14
הַגּוֹרָ֖לha.go.Ralthe lot
Lemma: גּוֹרָל (go.ral) · Strong's: H1486
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: allotted
Used 77 times. Also: Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:10, Numbers 26:55, Numbers 26:56, Numbers 33:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1486; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 15
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 16
יוֹנָֽה\׃yo.NahJonah
Lemma: יוֹנָה (yo.nah) · Strong's: H3124
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jonah
Used 19 times. Also: 2 Kings 14:25, Jonah 1:1, Jonah 1:3, Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:15, Jonah 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3124; TAHOT Jonah 1:7 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Come | → | הָלַךְ H1980K to go: come! |
| said the sailors | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| one another | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| Let us cast | → | נָפַל H5307I to fall: allot |
| lots | → | גּוֹרָל H1486 allotted |
| to find out | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| who is responsible | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| for this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| calamity | → | רָעָה H7451I distress: evil |
| that is upon us | → | |
| So they cast | → | נָפַל H5307I to fall: allot |
| lots | → | גּוֹרָל H1486 allotted |
| and the lot | → | גּוֹרָל H1486 allotted |
| fell | → | נָפַל H5307I to fall: allot |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| Jonah | → | יוֹנָה H3124 Jonah |
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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