Jonah 2:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְקִצְבֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי הָאָ֛רֶץ בְּרִחֶ֥יהָ בַעֲדִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם וַתַּ֧עַל מִשַּׁ֛חַת חַיַּ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃

Transliteration

lĕqiṣbê hārîm yāradtî hā-ʾāreṣ bĕriḥêhā baʿădî lĕʿôlām wə- taʿal miššaḥat ḥayyay YHWH ʾĕlōhāy

Grammar Details

*lĕqiṣbê*: preposition + masculine plural construct noun - to bottoms/foundations of
*hārîm*: masculine plural noun - mountains
*yāradtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I went down
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the earth/land
*bĕriḥêhā*: preposition + masculine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - with her bars
*baʿădî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - behind me/against me
*lĕʿôlām*: preposition + masculine singular noun - forever/for eternity
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*taʿal*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you brought up
*miššaḥat*: preposition + feminine singular noun - from pit/corruption
*ḥayyay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my life
*YHWH*: divine name
*ʾĕlōhāy*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my God

Word Meanings

*lĕqiṣbê*: to bottoms/foundations/roots/extremities of
*bĕriḥêhā*: with her bars/bolts (of imprisonment)
*baʿădî*: behind me/against me/for me
*miššaḥat*: from pit/corruption/destruction/grave

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 30:27 : 27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven.
Ps 11:4 : 4 Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
Ps 65:4 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee], That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.
Ps 77:10-11 : 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.
Ps 143:5 : 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Jonah 2:4 : 4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Hab 2:20 : 20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead: 10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
Lam 3:21-26 : 21 This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope. 22 [ It is of] Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. 24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
Ps 119:81-83 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 20:7 : 7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
Ps 27:13 : 13 [ I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living.
Ps 42:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.
Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 43:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

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