THEN. And See note on Jonah 2:10. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. BELLY. bowels. Compare Jonah 1:17. NOTE THE FIGURE OF SPEECH _Exergasia_ (App-6), as shown by the _Alternation_ in Jonah 2:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED. cried out. Not the same word as in the next clause, or in Jonah 1:5. but the same as in Jonah 1:2; Jonah 1:5; Jonah 1:14. HEARD. answered. Hebrew. _anah_. Not the same word as in the next clause. HELL. Hebrew. _Sheol_. App-35. Compare Psalms 18:5; Psalms 116:3. CRIED. cried for help in dist... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID, &c. Compare Psa 81:22 TOWARD, &c. Compare 1 Kings 8:38. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATERS. Compare Psalms 69:1. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. DEPTH. an abyss. WEEDS. floating sea-weeds.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTOMS. roots. THE EARTH, &c. as for the earth, her bars, &c. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Syriac, read "and as to the earth". WAS. Substitute "were". FOR EVER. The thought of. drowning man. BROUGHT. didst bring. CORRUPTION. the pit or grave, the place of corruption. Hebre... [ Continue Reading ]
FAINTED. swooned, or became unconscious to all else. Compare Psalms 77:3.Lamentations 2:12, From _'ataph,_ to cover or involve in darkness. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ (with 'eth). Jehovah Him-self. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OBSERVE. regard, or heed. LYING. empty. FORSAKE THEIR OWN MERCY. do not heed their chastisement. FORSAKE. not to heed. Hebrew. _'azab._ Compare Genesis 2:24. MERCY. Hebrew. _hesed._. homonym, with two meanings: (1) lovingkindness, as in Gen 24:12. 2 Samuel 7:15; 1 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 6:... [ Continue Reading ]
SALVATION IS OF. Salvation (belongeth] to: as in Psalms 3:8. The prayer (verses: Jonah 2:2). OF. to.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, &C. Jonah's rapid thought and words before he died were subsequently written down by him; for all the verbs are in the past tense, not the present. Compare Jonah 2:6, "didst bring", &c. See notes on p. 1247.... [ Continue Reading ]