25 The disjunctive construction of vav + nonverb followed by a nonpreterite marks a strong contrast in the narrative action (וַיהוָה הֵטִיל, vayhvah hetil; “But the Lord hurled …”).
26 The Hiphil of טוּל (tul, “to hurl”) is used here and several times in this episode for rhetorical emphasis (see vv. 5 and 15).
27 Heb “great.” Typically English versions vary the adjective here and before “tempest” to avoid redundancy: e.g., , , “great … mighty”; “violent … furious”; “great … violent”; “powerful … violent.”
28 Heb “great.”
29 The nonconsecutive construction of vav + nonverb followed by nonpreterite is used to emphasize this result clause (וְהָאֳנִיָּה חִשְּׁבָה לְהִשָׁבֵר, véha’oniyyah khishvah léhishaver; “that the ship threatened to break up”).
30 Heb “the ship seriously considered breaking apart.” The use of חָשַׁב (khashav, “think”) in the Piel (“to think about; to seriously consider”) personifies the ship to emphasize the ferocity of the storm. The lexicons render the clause idiomatically: “the ship was about to be broken up” ( 363 חָשַׁב 2; חשׁב).

In other versions

But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

But the Lord threw a great wind onto the sea, and such a great storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.

But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.

And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship was in danger of breaking up.

But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

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