וַתִּבְחַ֣ר

and chooses

H977

wat·tiḇ·ḥar

Verb

מַחֲנָ֣ק

strangling

H4267

ma·ḥă·nāq

Noun

,

נַפְשִׁ֑י

So that my soul

H5315

nap̄·šî;

Noun

מָ֝֗וֶת

Death

H4194

mā·weṯ,

Noun

מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

rather than my life

H6106

mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy.

Noun

.