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Jonah 1:6 Interlinear

came So the shipmaster to him and said unto him What meanest thou O sleeper arise call if so be that God will think if so be that God upon us that we perish

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקְרַ֤בH7126cameto approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
2אֵלָיו֙H413near, with or among; often in general, to
3רַ֣בH7227So the shipmasterabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
4הַחֹבֵ֔לH2259a sailor
5וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559to him and saidto say (used with great latitude)
6ל֖וֹH0
7מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
8לְּךָ֣H0
9נִרְדָּ֑םH7290unto him What meanest thou O sleeperto stun, i.e., stupefy (with sleep or death)
10ק֚וּםH6965ariseto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
11קְרָ֣אH7121callto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
12אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
13הָאֱלֹהִ֛יםH430if so be that Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
14אוּלַ֞יH194if not; hence perhaps
15יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧תH6245will thinkprobably to be sleek, i.e., glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing) to excogitate (as if forming in the mind)
16הָאֱלֹהִ֛יםH430if so be that Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
17לָ֖נוּH0
18וְלֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
19נֹאבֵֽד׃H6upon us that we perishproperly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

Verse Context

Jonah 1:5were afraid Then the mariners and cried every man unto his god...
Jonah 1:6 (current)came So the shipmaster to him and said unto him What meanest thou O sleeper arise call if so be that God will think if so be that God upon us that we perish
Jonah 1:7And they said every one to his fellow and let us cast...

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