Jonah 2:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר קָ֠רָאתִי מִצָּ֥רָה לִ֛י אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי מִבֶּ֧טֶן שְׁא֛וֹל שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי שָׁמַ֥עְתָּ קוֹלִֽי׃

Transliteration

wə- yōʾmer qārāʾtî miṣṣārāh lî ʾel-YHWH wə- yaʿănēnî mibbeṭen šĕʾôl šiwwaʿtî šāmaʿtā qôlî

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said
*qārāʾtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I called
*miṣṣārāh*: preposition + feminine singular noun - from distress/trouble
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me
*ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
*YHWH*: divine name
*yaʿănēnî*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he answered me
*mibbeṭen*: preposition + construct noun - from belly/womb of
*šĕʾôl*: proper noun - Sheol/underworld/grave
*šiwwaʿtî*: piel perfect, 1st person singular - I cried out
*šāmaʿtā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you heard
*qôlî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my voice

Word Meanings

*miṣṣārāh*: from distress/trouble/adversity/anguish
*šĕʾôl*: Sheol/grave/pit/underworld/realm of the dead
*šiwwaʿtî*: I cried out/called for help/shouted

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Lam 3:54 : 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Ps 88:5-8 : 5 Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {H5542} 8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Jonah 1:12-16 : 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. 14 Wherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.

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