5
The watersמַיִםencompassed meאֲפָפוּנִיup toעַדthe soul;נֶפֶשׁthe deepתְּהוֹםsurrounded me;יְסֹבְבֵנִיseaweedסוּףwas wrappedחָבוּשׁaround my head.לְרֹאשִׁי
Jonah 2:5
Study it in the app“The waters encompassed me up to the soul; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 2:5, word by word
- The watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- encompassed meאֲפָפוּafafu
surround
Surround, encircle on every side. In the Bible it is said above all of dangers, waters or evils that close in on someone.
Where else “afafu” appears- the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- the deepתְּהוֹםtehom
the deep
The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.
Where else “tehom” appears- surrounded meיְסֹבְבֵyesovve
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “yesovve” appears- seaweedסוּףsuf
seaweed
Plants that grow underwater, like seaweed that tangles.
Where else “suf” appears- was wrappedחָבוּשׁchavush
saddle
To fasten something firmly, or saddle an animal to ride it.
Where else “chavush” appears- around my headרֹאשִׁroshi
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears
The context
4And I said, ‘I have been driven away from before your eyes; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 · This verse (above)
6To the roots of the mountains I went down; the earth, its bars closed behind me forever; but you brought up my life from the pit, YHWH my Elohim.