Jonah 2:5-6

 5: The waters compassed me about even to the soul The abyss closed me round about the weeds were wrapped about my head 6: I went down to the bottoms of the mountains the earth with her bars was about me forever Yet you have brought up my חַ יַּי ^lives from corruption YHWH my ELOHIM

Comments: Why the yod suffix [in Jonah 2:6] transforming the singular word “life” into the plural word “lives?” Either every word of scripture is God-breathed, or it is not. There must be a reason our Creator breathed the word life [in Jonah 2:6] as a plural. The Bible does not teach multiple lives, such as reincarnation ^{Hebrews 9:27}, but scripture does teach that mortals are created in the image of God, and this could be relevant to the use of the plural word “lives” in Jonah 2:6.

 There is an explanation that dovetails Jonah 2:6 with the statement in Hebrews 9:27 that mortals do not live multiple lives but, instead, are appointed to die only once. One of the ways mortals are created in the image of God, is that we are triune beings—we consist of not just body, but also of soul and spirit.

Our mortal bodies are only one aspect of our beings. When our bodies die, the other two aspects of our beings—our lives—do not die. Our souls live on forever, though only the saved abide in the presence and power of God forever ^{2 Thessalonians 1:7-9}. The spirits of mortals return to God who gave it, regardless of what spiritual condition they are in when the body dies Eccl 12:7. The spirit should never be confused with the soul ^{Hebrews 4:12}. 

Those who are saved have the great hope of the resurrection of the body. That is why our souls need to be saved. *Our bodies can only be redeemed at the Resurrection of Life, if our souls are saved before our bodies die –2 Corinthians 5:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, James 1:21, 1 Peter 1:9, Romans 8:16-23. *Romans 10:9-13.