Jonah 2:3 Go deeper
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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. (KJV)
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וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִיva.tash.li.Khe.niand you have thrown me
Lemma: שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) · Strong's: H7993
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhw2ms)
Meaning: to throw
Used 125 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7993; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 1
מְצוּלָה֙me.tzu.Lah[the] deep
Lemma: מְצוֹלָה (me.tso.lah) · Strong's: H4688
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: depth
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 15:5, Nehemiah 9:11, Job 41:31, Psalms 68:22, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4688; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 2
בִּלְבַ֣בbil.Vavin [the] heart of
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 3
יַמִּ֔יםya.Mim[the] seas
Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: sea
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 4
וְנָהָ֖רve.na.Harand a river
Lemma: נָהָר (na.har) · Strong's: H5104H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: river
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 7:19, Exodus 8:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5104H; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 5
יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִיye.soe.Ve.niit surrounds me
Lemma: סָבַב (sa.vav) · Strong's: H5437H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to turn: surround
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 19:4, Exodus 39:6, Exodus 39:13, Numbers 21:4, Deuteronomy 2:1, Deuteronomy 2:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5437H; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 6
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 7
מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָmish.ba.Rei.khabreakers your
Lemma: מִשְׁבָּר (mish.bar) · Strong's: H4867
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: wave
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:5, Psalms 42:7, Psalms 88:7, Psalms 93:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4867; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 8
וְגַלֶּ֖יךָve.ga.Lei.khaand waves your
Lemma: גַּל (gal) · Strong's: H1530H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: heap: wave
Used 16 times. Also: Job 38:11, Psalms 42:7, Psalms 65:7, Psalms 89:9, Psalms 107:25, Psalms 107:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1530H; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 9
עָלַ֥י'a.Laiover me
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 10
עָבָֽרוּ\׃'a.Va.ruthey have passed
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Jonah 2:3 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For You cast me | → | שָׁלַךְ H7993 to throw |
| into the deep | → | מְצוֹלָה H4688 depth |
| into the heart | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| of the seas | → | יָם H3220G sea |
| and the current | → | נָהָר H5104H river |
| swirled about me | → | סָבַב H5437H to turn: surround |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| Your breakers | → | מִשְׁבָּר H4867 wave |
| and waves | → | גַּל H1530H heap: wave |
| swept | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| over me | → | עַל H5921A upon |
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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