Jonah 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“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.”

Jonah 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 2:312 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

קָ֠רָאתִיqārāʾtiy

I calledverbH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

מִ/צָּ֥רָהmiṣārāh

from distresspronH6869

adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···

לִ֛/יliy

pron

אֶלʾel

topronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַֽ/יַּעֲנֵ֑/נִיwayaʿănēniy

and he answered meconjH6030

afflict (by mistake for

מִ/בֶּ֧טֶןmibeṭen

from the belly ofpronH990

body · as they be born · within · womb

שְׁא֛וֹלšəʾwōl

SheolnounH7585

hell · pit

שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּיšiwaʿətiy

I cried for helpverbH7768

out) · shout

שָׁמַ֥עְתָּšāmaʿətā

you heardverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

קוֹלִֽ/יqwōliy

voice mynounH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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