Jonah 2:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
Lam 3:54 : 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Ps 69:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save{H8685)} me, O God; for the waters are come{H8804)} in unto my soul. 2 I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver{H8685)} me out of the mire, and let me not sink{H8799)}: let me be delivered{H8735)} from them that hate{H8802)} me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
Ps 88:5-8 : 5 Free among the dead{H8801)}, like the slain that lie{H8802)} in the grave, whom thou rememberest{H8804)} no more: and they are cut off{H8738)} from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid{H8804)} me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard{H8804)} upon me, and thou hast afflicted{H8765)} me with all thy waves. Selah. 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance{H8794)} far{H8689)} from me; thou hast made{H8804)} me an abomination unto them: I am shut up{H8803)}, and I cannot come forth{H8799)}.
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 bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

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