Jonah

Jonah 1:11

¹¹Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the sea	הַיָּ֖ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
was growing worse	הוֹלֵ֥ךְ	hō·w·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and worse	וְסֹעֵֽר׃	wə·sō·‘êr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5590 storm, rage
so they said	וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to	אֵלָיו֙	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
What	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
must we do	נַּ֣עֲשֶׂה	na·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H6213 do, make
to you	לָּ֔ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
to calm	וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק	wə·yiš·tōq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8367 be quiet
this sea	הַיָּ֖ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
for us	מֵֽעָלֵ֑ינוּ	mê·‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition-m; first person common plural	H5921 height

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.