Jonah 1:8
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 art thou?Jonah 1:8 in the real world
In what words
- אַיִןʼayinwhere? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
- מְלָאכָהmᵉlâʼkâhproperly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstra
- נָגַדnâgadproperly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manif
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.