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Jonah 2:2-4

2And saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,I criedקָ֠רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121by reason of mine afflictionמִצָּ֥רָהmi.Tza.rahH6869unto YhwhH3068,and he heardוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִיvai.ya.'a.Ne.niH6030me; out of the bellyמִבֶּ֧טֶןmi.Be.tenH990of hellשְׁא֛וֹלshe.'olH7585criedשִׁוַּ֖עְתִּיshi.Va'.tiH7768I, andthou heardestשָׁמַ֥עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085my voiceקוֹלִֽי׃ko.LiH6963.

3For thou hadst castוַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִיva.tash.li.Khe.niH7993me into the deepמְצוּלָה֙me.tzu.LahH4688,in the midstבִּלְבַ֣בbil.VavH3824of the seasיַמִּ֔יםya.MimH3220;and the floodsוְנָהָ֖רve.na.HarH5104compassedיְסֹבְבֵ֑נִיye.soe.Ve.niH5437me about: all thy billowsמִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָmish.ba.Rei.khaH4867and thy wavesוְגַלֶּ֖יךָve.ga.Lei.khaH1530passed overעָבָֽרוּ׃'a.Va.ruH5674me.

4Then I saidאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,I am cast outנִגְרַ֖שְׁתִּיnig.Rash.tiH1644of thy sightעֵינֶ֑יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869;yet I will lookלְהַבִּ֔יטle.ha.BitH5027againאוֹסִ֣יף'o.SifH3254toward thy holyקָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃kod.She.chaH6944templeהֵיכַ֖לhei.KhalH1964.

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