Jonah
Jonah 1:14
14So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So they cried out | וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ | way·yiq·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֜ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Please | אָנָּ֤ה | ’ān·nāh | Interjection | H577 ah, now! I (or we) beseech thee! |
| O LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| let us perish | נֹאבְדָ֗ה | nō·ḇə·ḏāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H6 perish |
| on account of this | הַזֶּ֔ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| man’s | הָאִ֣ישׁ | hā·’îš | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| life | בְּנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ | bə·ne·p̄eš | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| Do not | וְאַל־ | wə·’al- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| charge | תִּתֵּ֥ן | tit·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| us | עָלֵ֖ינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5921 height |
| with innocent | נָקִ֑יא | nā·qî | Adjective - masculine singular | H5355 clean, free from, exempt |
| blood | דָּ֣ם | dām | Noun - masculine singular | H1818 blood |
| For | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| You | אַתָּ֣ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| O LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| have done | עָשִֽׂיתָ׃ | ‘ā·śî·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| You pleased | חָפַ֖צְתָּ | ḥā·p̄aṣ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2654 delight in |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 115:3 · Psalm 135:6 · Ephesians 1:11 · Deuteronomy 21:8 · Psalm 107:28 · Jonah 1:5 · Daniel 4:34–35 · Matthew 11:26 · Jonah 1:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.