zaw-ak'
a primitive root; to shriek (from anguish or danger); by
analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly:--
assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such
a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Then the mariners [04419] were afraid [03372], and cried [02199] every man [0376] unto his god [0430], and cast forth [02904] the wares [03627] that were in the ship [0591] into the sea [03220], to lighten [07043] it of them. But Jonah [03124] was gone down [03381] into the sides [03411] of the ship [05600]; and he lay [07901], and was fast asleep [07290].
And he caused it to be proclaimed [02199] and published [0559] through Nineveh [05210] by the decree [02940] of the king [04428] and his nobles [01419], saying [0559], Let neither man [0120] nor beast [0929], herd [01241] nor flock [06629], taste [02938] any thing [03972]: let them not feed [07462], nor drink [08354] water [04325]:published: Heb. saidnobles: Heb. great men