Jonah 2
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1
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל יוֹנָ֔ה אֶל יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו מִמְּעֵ֖י הַדָּגָֽה
and to pray · Jonah · to · LORD · God(s) his · from bowels of · the fish
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2
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר קָ֠רָאתִי מִצָּ֥רָה לִ֛י אֶל יְהוָ֖ה וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי מִבֶּ֧טֶן שְׁא֛וֹל שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי שָׁמַ֥עְתָּ קוֹלִֽי
and to say · to call · from distress · to/for me · to · LORD · and to answer me · from belly of · Sheol · to cry out · to hear · voice my
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3
וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי מְצוּלָה֙ בִּלְבַ֣ב יַמִּ֔ים וְנָהָ֖ר יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי כָּל מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ
and to throw me · depth · in/at heart of · seas · and stream · to turn around me · all of · breakers your · and waves your · upon me · to pass over
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4
וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי נִגְרַ֖שְׁתִּי מִנֶּ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ אַ֚ךְ אוֹסִ֣יף לְהַבִּ֔יט אֶל הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ
and I · to say · to drive out · from before · eyes your · surely · to add · to look · to · temple of · holiness your
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5
אֲפָפ֤וּנִי מַ֨יִם֙ עַד נֶ֔פֶשׁ תְּה֖וֹם יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי ס֖וּף חָב֥וּשׁ לְרֹאשִֽׁי
to surround me · water(s) · until · soul · deep · to turn around me · reed · bound · to/for head my
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6
לְקִצְבֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי הָאָ֛רֶץ בְּרִחֶ֥יהָ בַעֲדִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם וַתַּ֧עַל מִשַּׁ֛חַת חַיַּ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי
to/for cuts of · mountains · to go down · the land · bars her · behind me · to/for forever · and to go up · from pit · living things my · LORD · God(s) my
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7
בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף עָלַי֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֶת יְהוָ֖ה זָכָ֑רְתִּי וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ תְּפִלָּתִ֔י אֶל הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ
in/at to faint · upon me · soul my · - · LORD · to remember · and to enter · to you · prayer my · to · temple of · holiness your
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8
מְשַׁמְּרִ֖ים הַבְלֵי שָׁ֑וְא חַסְדָּ֖ם יַעֲזֹֽבוּ
keeping · vanities of · vanity · kindness their · to leave
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9
וַאֲנִ֗י בְּק֤וֹל תּוֹדָה֙ אֶזְבְּחָה לָּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָדַ֖רְתִּי אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה יְשׁוּעָ֖תָה לַיהוָֽה
and I · in/at voice of · thanksgiving · to sacrifice · to/for you · which · to vow · to be at peace · salvation · to/for LORD
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10
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה לַדָּ֑ג וַיָּקֵ֥א אֶת יוֹנָ֖ה אֶל הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה
and to say · LORD · to/for the fish · and to vomit · - · Jonah · to · the dry land
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About this chapter
- 10 Verses
- 97 Hebrew words
- 73 Distinct lemmas
8 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (3 shorter, 5 longer) — 2:1, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 2:10. Open any to read the two side by side.
Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →
Jonah 2 contains 10 verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Click any verse to open it in the interlinear word-by-word view, with transliteration, Strong's number, gloss, and full morphology for every word. Use the chapter navigation above to step through Jonah, or return to the book of Jonah for the full chapter list.