Jonah 1:4:8Jonah.1.4.W8TAB
וְהָ֣אֳנִיָּ֔ה
vehaoniya
“and the ship”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-o-ni-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-oh-nih-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaː.ʔɔ.nijˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the ship
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-o-ni-YA
- clause
ve-ha-o-ni-YA khish-SHE-va le-hish-SHA-VER
- sentence
va-Ye-ho-VAH he-TIL ru-AKH-ge-do-LA el-ha-YAM va-ye-HI sa-AR-ga-DOL ba-YAM ve-ha-o-ni-YA khish-SHE-va le-hish-SHA-VER
Exegesis
The final clause, vehaoniah {וְהָ֣אֳנִיָּה֔ | wə-hāʾŏniyyâ} ‘and the ship’, makes the ship the grammatical subject of chishvah {חִשְּׁבָה | ḥiššəḇâ} ‘thought/estimated’, a personification that communicates perceived imminence; the infinitive lehishaber {לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר | ləhiššāḇēr} ‘to be broken’ expresses the feared outcome. English renderings preserve the stepwise progression (divine action → storm’s emergence → impending danger) while expressing the Hebrew personification idiom as an imminent near-breaking.
In context — Jonah 1:4
But the LORD hurled a great wind toward the sea, and a great storm came to be in the sea, so that the ship seemed about to break.
About this coordinate
Jonah 1:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jonah 1:4, so the Hebrew word וְהָ֣אֳנִיָּ֔ה (vehaoniya) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jonah.1.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.1.4.W8.S1) and character.