metsola · depths

What it means

metsola (מְצוֹלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “depths”.

The depths of the sea; also deep mire.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The deepest part of the sea or a river, where something sinks.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• depths ×10
• deep ×1

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×5
• Jonah×1
• Micah×1
• Zechariah×1

• Exodus 15:5

  The deeps covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.

• Nehemiah 9:11

  And the sea you divided before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; and their pursuers you threw into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters.

• Job 41:31

  It makes boil like a pot the depths; the sea it makes like a pot of ointment.

• Psalms 68:22

  Adonai said, “From Bashan I will bring them back, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

• Psalms 69:2

  I have sunk in the mire of the depths, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the current sweeps me away.

• Psalms 69:15

  Let not the current of waters sweep me away, nor the depths swallow me, nor the well close its mouth over me.

• Psalms 88:6

  You have put me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the depths.

• Psalms 107:24

  they have seen the works of YHWH, and his wonders in the deep.

• Jonah 2:3

  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.

• Micah 7:19

  He will again have mercy on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast into the depths of the sea all their sins.

• Zechariah 10:11

  And distress will pass through the sea, and he will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the rod of Egypt will depart.