Hebrew Interlinear

Jonah 1:8 Interlinear

Then said they unto him Tell us we pray thee for whose cause this evil is upon us What is thine occupation and whence comest thou what is thy country and of what people

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּאמְר֣וּH559Then saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אֵלָ֔יוH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3הַגִּידָהH5046they unto him Tellproperly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
4נָּ֣אH4994'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
5לָ֔נוּH0
6בַּאֲשֶׁ֛רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
7לְמִיH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
8הָרָעָ֥הH7451us we pray thee for whose cause this evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
9הַזֹּ֖אתH2063this (often used adverb)
10לָ֑נוּH0
11מַהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
12מְּלַאכְתְּךָ֙H4399is upon us What is thine occupationproperly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
13וּמֵאַ֣יִןH370and whencewhere? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
14תָּב֔וֹאH935comestto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
15מָ֣הH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
16אַרְצֶ֔ךָH776thou what is thy countrythe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
17וְאֵֽיH335where? hence how?
18מִזֶּ֥הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
19עַ֖םH5971and of what peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
20אָֽתָּה׃H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

Verse Context

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Jonah 1:8 (current)Then said they unto him Tell us we pray thee for whose cause this evil is upon us What is thine occupation and whence comest thou what is thy country and of what people
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