Commentary for Jonah 2:6
אֲפָפ֤וּנִי מַ֙יִם֙ עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ תְּה֖וֹם יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי ס֖וּף חָב֥וּשׁ לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Rashi on Jonah
the Red Sea hangs over my head Lit., reeds are bound to my head. [Jonathan renders:] The Red Sea hangs over my head. For the Holy One, blessed he He, showed him the Red [lit., Reed] Sea and how Israel crossed in its midst, for the fish’s two eyes were like two windows, and he would look and see everything in the sea. [from Pirk&d’Rabbi Eliezer ch. 10]
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