Hebrew Interlinear

Jonah 1:7 Interlinear

And they said every one to his fellow and let us cast and the lot that we may know for whose cause this evil and let us cast and the lot and let us cast and the lot upon Jonah

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּאמְר֞וּH559And they saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אִ֣ישׁH376every onea man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4רֵעֵ֗הוּH7453to his fellowan associate (more or less close)
5לְכוּ֙H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
6וַיִּפֹּ֥לH5307and let us castto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
7הַגּוֹרָ֖לH1486and the lotproperly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
8וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הH3045that we may knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
9בְּשֶׁלְּמִ֛יH7945for whose causeon account of, whatsoever, whichsoever
10הָרָעָ֥הH7451this evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
11הַזֹּ֖אתH2063this (often used adverb)
12לָ֑נוּH0
13וַיִּפֹּ֥לH5307and let us castto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
14הַגּוֹרָ֖לH1486and the lotproperly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
15וַיִּפֹּ֥לH5307and let us castto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
16הַגּוֹרָ֖לH1486and the lotproperly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
17עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
18יוֹנָֽה׃H3124upon Jonahjonah, an israelite

Verse Context

Jonah 1:6came So the shipmaster to him and said ...
Jonah 1:7 (current)And they said every one to his fellow and let us cast and the lot that we may know for whose cause this evil and let us cast and the lot and let us cast and the lot upon Jonah
Jonah 1:8Then said they unto him Tell ...

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