Jonah 2:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי נִגְרַ֖שְׁתִּי מִנֶּ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ אַ֚ךְ אוֹסִ֣יף לְהַבִּ֔יט אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃

Transliteration

wə- ʾănî ʾāmartî nigraštî minneged ʿênêkā ʾak ʾôsîp lĕhabbîṭ ʾel-hêkal qodšekā

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*ʾāmartî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
*nigraštî*: niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I was driven away/cast out
*minneged*: preposition + preposition - from before/from presence of
*ʿênêkā*: feminine dual noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
*ʾak*: restrictive adverb - yet/nevertheless/surely
*ʾôsîp*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will continue/again
*lĕhabbîṭ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to look
*ʾel*: preposition - toward/to
*hêkal*: masculine singular construct noun - temple/palace of
*qodšekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your holiness/holy

Word Meanings

*nigraštî*: I was driven away/cast out/expelled/banished
*minneged*: from before/presence/sight of
*ʾak*: yet/nevertheless/surely/however
*ʾôsîp*: I will continue/again/add
*lĕhabbîṭ*: to look/gaze/behold
*hêkal*: temple/palace/sanctuary
*qodšekā*: your holiness/holy (place)

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
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.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

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.
Lam 3:54 : 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

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