Jonah 1:5

mariners. salts. Hebrew. mallach. salt.

cried. cried in prayer. Hebrew. keli, Not the same word as in verses: Jonah 1:2; Jonah 1:14.

every man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.

wares. tackling. Hebrew. keli. implements.

into the sides. below deck, or cabins. Compare Ezekiel 32:23.Amos 6:10.

ship. the deck, or covered part. Hebrew sephinah.. genuine Hebrew word, borrowed by inland people, (Syrians. Chaldeans and Arabians), from. maritime people; not vice versa. Hebrew root saphan. to cover (Deuteronomy 33:21 (margin coiled). 1 Kings 6:9. 1Ki 7:3, 1 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 22:14.Haggai 1:4; Haggai 1:4). English "deck" is from Dutch dekken.

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⁵ 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.

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