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When my soulנַפְשִׁיwas faintingבְּהִתְעַטֵּףwithin me,עָלַיI rememberedזָכָרְתִּיYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהand my prayerוַ תְּפִלָּתִיcameתָּבוֹאto you,אֵלֶיךָtoאֶלyour holyקָדְשֶׁךָtemple.הֵיכַל
Jonah 2:7
Study it in the app“When my soul was fainting within me, I remembered YHWH, and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 2:7, word by word
- When my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- was faintingהִתְעַטֵּףhitatef
grow faint
To lose all strength.
Where else “hitatef” appears- I rememberedזָכָרְתִּיzacharti
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zacharti” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and my prayerתְּפִלָּתִtefilati
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefilati” appears- cameתָּבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- your holyקָדְשֶׁkadshe
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshe” appears- templeהֵיכַלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Those who keep vain vapors abandon their loyal love.