King James Version

Jonah 1:15

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

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וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙vayisvand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יוֹנָ֔הyonahJonahיוֹנָהnoun, proper name — “Jonah”H3124Jonah, an IsraeliteJonah.וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּvaytiluhvand castטוּלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cast”, the next action in the storyH2904to pitch over or reel; hence (transitively) to cast down or outcarry away, (utterly) cast (down, forth, out), send out.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַיָּ֑םhayamthe seaיָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וַיַּעֲמֹ֥דvayaamodand standעָמַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and stand”, the next action in the storyH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…הַיָּ֖םhayamthe seaיָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).מִזַּעְפּֽוֹmizapvofrom indignationזַעַףpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from indignation”, the to-form of the verbH2197angerindignation, rage(-ing), wrath.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;

World English Bible

So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

Darby Translation

And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

Douay-Rheims

And they took Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν Ἰωνᾶν, καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἔστη ἡ θάλασσα ἐκ τοῦ σάλου αὐτῆς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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