- 1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.וַיֵּ֥רַע אֶל יוֹנָ֖ה רָעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיִּ֖חַר
- 2And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל אֶל יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ הֲלוֹא זֶ֣ה דְבָרִ֗י עַד הֱיוֹתִי֙ עַל אַדְמָתִ֔י עַל כֵּ֥ן קִדַּ֖מְתִּי לִבְרֹ֣חַ תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּ֤י אַתָּה֙ אֵֽל חַנּ֣וּן וְרַח֔וּם אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֨יִם֙ וְרַב חֶ֔סֶד וְנִחָ֖ם עַל הָרָעָֽה
- 3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.וְעַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה קַח נָ֥א אֶת נַפְשִׁ֖י מִמֶּ֑נִּי כִּ֛י ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖י מֵחַיָּֽי
- 4Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה הַהֵיטֵ֖ב חָ֥רָה
- 5So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.וַיֵּצֵ֤א יוֹנָה֙ מִן הָעִ֔יר וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב מִקֶּ֣דֶם לָעִ֑יר וַיַּעַשׂ֩ שָׁ֜ם סֻכָּ֗ה וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב תַּחְתֶּ֨יהָ֙ בַּצֵּ֔ל עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִרְאֶ֔ה מַה יִּהְיֶ֖ה בָּעִֽיר
- 6And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.וַיְמַ֣ן יְהוָֽה אֱ֠לֹהִים קִיקָי֞וֹן וַיַּ֣עַל מֵעַ֣ל לְיוֹנָ֗ה לִֽהְי֥וֹת צֵל֙ עַל רֹאשׁ֔וֹ לְהַצִּ֥יל מֵרָֽעָת֑וֹ וַיִּשְׂמַ֥ח יוֹנָ֛ה עַל הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן שִׂמְחָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה
- 7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.וַיְמַ֤ן הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ תּוֹלַ֔עַת בַּעֲל֥וֹת הַשַּׁ֖חַר לַֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת וַתַּ֥ךְ אֶת הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן וַיִּיבָֽשׁ
- 8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.וַיְהִ֣י כִּזְרֹ֣חַ הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ וַיְמַ֨ן אֱלֹהִ֜ים ר֤וּחַ קָדִים֙ חֲרִישִׁ֔ית וַתַּ֥ךְ הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ עַל רֹ֥אשׁ יוֹנָ֖ה וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ֙ לָמ֔וּת וַיֹּ֕אמֶר ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖י מֵחַיָּֽי
- 9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל יוֹנָ֔ה הַהֵיטֵ֥ב חָרָֽה עַל הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֵיטֵ֥ב חָֽרָה עַד מָֽוֶת
- 10Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה אַתָּ֥ה חַ֨סְתָּ֙ עַל הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא עָמַ֥לְתָּ וְלֹ֣א גִדַּלְתּ֑וֹ שֶׁבִּן לַ֥יְלָה הָיָ֖ה וּבִן לַ֥יְלָה אָבָֽד
- 11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?וַֽאֲנִי֙ לֹ֣א אָח֔וּס עַל נִינְוֵ֖ה הָעִ֣יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ הַרְבֵּה֩ מִֽשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה רִבּ֜וֹ אָדָ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא יָדַע֙ בֵּין יְמִינ֣וֹ לִשְׂמֹאל֔וֹ וּבְהֵמָ֖ה רַבָּֽה
Jonah 4 KJV
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175 tagged Hebrew tokens86 distinct lexical entries11 of 11 verses source-tagged
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
יוֹנָהH3124
Jonah, an Israelite
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
קִיקָיוֹןH7021
the gourd (as nauseous)
חָרָהH2734
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
אֱלֹהִיםH430
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
עִירH5892
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
גָּדוֹלH1419
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
יָטַבH3190
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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| Jonah 4:1 | 935 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:2 | 10,402 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:3 | 2,218 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:4 | 527 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:5 | 6,357 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:6 | 6,637 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:7 | 6,578 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:8 | 10,166 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:9 | 3,296 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:10 | 5,627 | study verse |
| Jonah 4:11 | 6,609 | study verse |
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