Jonah 1:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

Young's Literal Translation
and the mariners are afraid, and cry each unto his god, and cast the goods that [are] in the ship into the sea, to make [it] light of them; and Jonah hath gone down unto the sides of the vessel, and he lieth down, and is fast asleep.

King James Bible
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

Hebrew
The sailors
הַמַּלָּחִ֗ים (ham·mal·lā·ḥîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4419: A mariner

were afraid,
וַיִּֽירְא֣וּ (way·yî·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

and each
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

cried out
וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֮ (way·yiz·‘ă·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

his own god.
אֱלֹהָיו֒ (’ĕ·lō·hāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

And they threw
וַיָּטִ֨לוּ (way·yā·ṭi·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2904: To pitch over, reel, to cast down, out

the ship’s
בָּֽאֳנִיָּה֙ (bā·’o·nî·yāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 591: A ship

cargo
הַכֵּלִ֜ים (hak·kê·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the sea
הַיָּ֔ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

to lighten
לְהָקֵ֖ל (lə·hā·qêl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

the load.
מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם (mê·‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition-m | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

But Jonah
וְיוֹנָ֗ה (wə·yō·w·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3124: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet

had gone down
יָרַד֙ (yā·raḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the lowest part
יַרְכְּתֵ֣י (yar·kə·ṯê)
Noun - fdc
Strong's 3411: Flank, side, extreme parts, recesses

of the vessel,
הַסְּפִינָ֔ה (has·sə·p̄î·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5600: A vessel, ship

where he lay down
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב (way·yiš·kaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

and fell into a deep sleep.
וַיֵּרָדַֽם׃ (way·yê·rā·ḏam)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7290: To be in or fall into heavy sleep

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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