Jonah 2:5
The waters closed around me up to my neck; the deep was all around me; seaweed wrapped around my head.This verse in the real world
In what words
- אָפַףʼâphaphto surround
- סוּףçûwpha reed, especially the papyrus
- חָבַשׁchâbashto wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
- תְּהוֹםtᵉhôwman abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterrane
- סָבַבçâbabto revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.