## Targum Jonathan on Jonah Chapter 2

###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:1
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:1)

וְזַמִין יְיָ נוּנָא רַבָּא לְמִבְלַע יַת יוֹנָה וַהֲוָה יוֹנָה בִּמְעַיָא דְנוּנָא תְּלָתָא יוֹמִין וּתְלָתָא לֵילְוָן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And the LORD invited a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the fish’s guts for three days and three nights.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:2
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:2)

וְצַלֵי יוֹנָה קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֵיהּ מִמְעַיָא דְנוּנָא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And Jonah prayed before the LORD his God from the fish’s guts.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:3
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:3)

וַאֲמַר צַלֵיתִי מִדְעָקַת לִי קֳדָם יְיָ וְקַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי מֵאַרְעִית תְּהוֹמָא בָּעִיתִי עֲבַדְתָּא בָּעוּתִי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And he said: I prayed, since in narrow straits was I, before the LORD, and He received my prayer from the lowest depths; I pleaded, You acted on my plea.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:4
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:4)

וּרְמִיתַנִי בְּעוּמְקַיָא בְּלִבָּא דְיַמָא וּנְהַר סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לִי כָּל נַחְשׁוֹלוֹהִי דְיַמָא וְגַלוֹהִי עֲלַי עָדוּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And You threw me in the depths of the heart of the sea, and the river all around me, all the sea’s cyclones and waves passed over me.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:5
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:5)

וַאֲנָא אֲמָרִית אִתְּרְכִית מִן קֳדָם מֵימְרָךְ בְּרַם אוֹסִיף לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּהֵיכְלָא דְקוּדְשָׁךְ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And I had said: “I am driven out from before Your Word; will I again gaze upon the palace of Your Holiness?”


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:6
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:6)

אַקְפוּנִי מַיָא עַד מוֹתָא תְּהוֹמָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לִי יַמָא דְסוּף תָּלֵי עֵיל מֵרֵישִׁי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Water encircled me to death; depths surrounded me; the reedy sea rose over my head.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:7
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:7)

לְעִקָרֵי טוּרַיָא נְחָתֵית אַרְעָא נֶגְדַת בְּתוּקְפָהָא עֵיל מִנִי עַלְמִין וְאַתְּ קָרִיב קֳדָמָךְ לְאַיָקָא מֵחַבְּלָא חַיֵי יְיָ אֱלָהִי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
To the roots of mountains You brought me down; earth drawing against me in strength to over all existence, and You — near before You to come up from the damage alive, LORD my God.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:8
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:8)

בְּאִשְׁתַּלְהָיוּת עֲלַי נַפְשִׁי פּוּלְחָנָא דַייָ אִידַכְּרֵית וְעָלַת לִקְדָמָךְ צְלוֹתִי לְהֵיכָלָא דְקוּדְשָׁךְ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
In weariness my soul is upon me; of worshipping the LORD I am reminded, and entering before You is my prayer to the palace of Your Holiness.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:9
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:9)

לָא כְּעַמְמַיָא פַּלְחֵי טַעֲוָתָא מֵאֲתַר דְאִתּוֹטַב לְהוֹן לֵית אִינוּן יָדְעוּן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Not like the nations worshipping falsehoods; of the place of goodness none of them know.


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:10
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:10)

וַאֲנָא בְּתוּשְׁבְּחַת אוֹדָאָה קוּרְבָּנִי אַקְרִיב קֳדָמָךְ דִנְדָרִית אֲשַׁלֵם פּוּרְקַן נַפְשִׁי בִּצְלוֹ קֳדָם יְיָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And I, in laudation, give thanks; my offerings I will offer before You as I pledged; I will repay my soul’s redemption in the shadow of before the LORD!


###### Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:11
[Targum Jonathan on Jonah 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Jonah/r/2:11)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְנוּנָא וּפְלֵט יַת יוֹנָה לְיַבֶּשְׁתָּא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it discharged Jonah onto dry land.