Jonah 2:1 Go deeper
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, (KJV)
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וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣לvai.yit.pa.Leland he prayed
Lemma: פָּלַל (pa.lal) · Strong's: H6419
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVtw3ms)
Meaning: to pray
Used 84 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:17, Genesis 48:11, Numbers 11:2, Numbers 21:7, Deuteronomy 9:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6419; TAHOT Jonah 2:1 word 1
יוֹנָ֔הyo.NahJonah
Lemma: יוֹנָה (yo.nah) · Strong's: H3124
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jonah
Used 19 times. Also: 2 Kings 14:25, Jonah 1:1, Jonah 1:3, Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:7, Jonah 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3124; TAHOT Jonah 2:1 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Jonah 2:1 word 3
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Jonah 2:1 word 4
אֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavGod his
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Jonah 2:1 word 5
מִמְּעֵ֖יmi.me.'Eifrom [the] inward parts of
Lemma: מֵעֶה (me.eh) · Strong's: H4578
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: belly
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 25:23, Numbers 5:22, Ruth 1:11, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 16:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4578; TAHOT Jonah 2:1 word 6
הַדָּגָֽה\׃ha.da.Gahthe fish
Lemma: דָּגָה (da.gah) · Strong's: H1710
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: fish
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Exodus 7:18, Exodus 7:21, Numbers 11:5, Deuteronomy 4:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1710; TAHOT Jonah 2:1 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| From inside | → | מֵעֶה H4578 belly |
| the fish | → | דָּגָה H1710 fish |
| Jonah | → | יוֹנָה H3124 Jonah |
| prayed | → | פָּלַל H6419 to pray |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| his God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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