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You cast meוַתַּשְׁלִיכֵנִיinto the depths,מְצוּלָהinto the heartבִּלְבַבof the seas,יַמִּיםand the currentוְנָהָרsurrounded me;יְסֹבְבֵנִיallכָּלyour breakersמִשְׁבָּרֶיךָand your wavesוְגַלֶּיךָpassedעָבָרוּover me.עָלַי
Jonah 2:3
Study it in the app“You cast me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current surrounded me; all your breakers and your waves passed over me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 2:3, word by word
- You cast meתַּשְׁלִיכֵtashliche
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “tashliche” appears- into the depthsמְצוּלָהmetsula
depths
The depths of the sea; also deep mire.
Where else “metsula” appears- into the heartלְבַבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- of the seasיַמִּיםyamim
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appears- and the currentנָהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- surrounded meיְסֹבְבֵyesovve
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “yesovve” appears- your breakersמִשְׁבָּרֶיmishbare
breaker, wave
A large breaking wave; the breakers of the sea. It is used as an image of an overwhelming danger.
Where else “mishbare” appears- and your wavesגַלֶּיgale
wave
The rising swell of the sea.
Where else “gale” appears- passedעָבָרוּavaru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avaru” appears
The context
2and he said, “I called out of my distress to YHWH, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried for help, and you heard my voice.
3 · This verse (above)
4And I said, ‘I have been driven away from before your eyes; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’