Jonah 1:7
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
גּוֹרָל
gôwrâl
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
גּוֹרָל
gôwrâl
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
גּוֹרָל
gôwrâl
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
גּוֹרָל gôwrâl
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
Study H1486 →גּוֹרָל gôwrâl
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
Study H1486 →גּוֹרָל gôwrâl
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
Study H1486 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →Cross References
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that ...
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha...
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