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Jonah 4:8
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But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
And it came to pass, when the sunH8121 did ariseH2224, that GodH430 preparedH4487 a vehementH2759 eastH6921 windH7307; and the sunH8121 beatH5221 upon the headH7218 of JonahH3124, that he faintedH5968, and wishedH7592 in himselfH5315 to dieH4191, and saidH559, It is betterH2896 for me to dieH4194 than to liveH2416.
Original Hebrew
וַיְהִי ׀ כִּזְרֹחַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וַיְמַן אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ קָדִים חֲרִישִׁית וַתַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עַל־רֹאשׁ יֹונָה וַיִּתְעַלָּף וַיִּשְׁאַל אֶת־נַפְשֹׁו לָמוּת וַיֹּאמֶר טֹוב מֹותִי מֵחַיָּי׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/יְהִ֣י |
va/y.Hi | H1961 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ it was |
כִּ/זְרֹ֣חַ |
ki/z.Ro.ach | H2224 | HR/Vqc | when/ arose |
הַ/שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ |
ha./She.mesh | H8121 | HTd/Ncbsa | the/ sun |
וַ/יְמַ֨ן |
va/y.Man | H4487 | HC/Vpw3ms | and/ he appointed |
אֱלֹהִ֜ים |
'E.lo.Him | H430 | HNcmpa | God |
ר֤וּחַ |
Ru.ach | H7307 | HNcbsc | a wind |
קָדִים֙ |
ka.Dim | H6921 | HNcmsa | an east wind |
חֲרִישִׁ֔ית |
cha.ri.Shit | H2759 | HAafsa | hot |
וַ/תַּ֥ךְ |
va./Takh | H5221 | HC/Vhw3ms | and/ it struck |
הַ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ |
ha./She.mesh | H8121 | HTd/Ncbsa | the/ sun |
עַל |
'al- | H5921 | HR | on |
רֹ֥אשׁ |
rosh | H7218 | HNcmsc | (the) head of |
יוֹנָ֖ה |
yo.Nah | H3124 | HNp | Jonah |
וַ/יִּתְעַלָּ֑ף |
va/i.yit.'a.Laf | H5968 | HC/Vtw3ms | and/ he became faint |
וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל |
va/i.yish.'Al | H7592 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he asked |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
נַפְשׁ/וֹ֙ |
naf.Sh/o | H5315 | HNcbsc/Sp3ms | life/ his |
לָ/מ֔וּת |
la./Mut | H4191 | HR/Vqc | to/ die |
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר |
va/i.Yo.mer | H559 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he said |
ט֥וֹב |
Tov | H2896 | HAamsa | (is) good |
מוֹתִ֖/י |
mo.T/i | H4191 | HNcmsc/Sp1cs | death/ my |
מֵ/חַיָּֽ/י |
me./chai.Ya/i | H2416 | HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs | more than/ life/ my |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H2224 — זָרַח (zârach, zaw-rakh'): a primitive root; properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy); arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.
- H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
- H2759 — חֲרִישִׁי (chărîyshîy, khar-ee-shee'): from חָרַשׁ in the sense of silence; quiet, i.e. sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind); vehement.
- H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
- H3124 — יוֹנָה (Yôwnâh, yo-naw'): xlit Yônâh corrected to Yôwnâh; the same as יוֹנָה; Jonah, an Israelite; Jonah.
- H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
- H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
- H4487 — מָנָה (mânâh, maw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll; appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
- H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
- H5968 — עָלַף (ʻâlaph, aw-laf'): a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid; faint, overlaid, wrap self.
- H6921 — קָדִים (qâdîym, kaw-deem'): or קָדִם; from קָדַם; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind); east(-ward, wind).
- H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
- H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
- H7592 — שָׁאַל (shâʼal, shaw-al'): or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand; ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.
- H8121 — שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh, sheh'-mesh): from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement; [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
- H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- and the sun — Psalms 121:6, Isaiah 49:10, Revelation 7:16
- and wished — Leviticus 10:3, 1 Samuel 3:18, 2 Samuel 15:25-26, Job 2:10, Psalms 39:9, Jonah 4:3
- that God — Ezekiel 19:12, Jonah 1:4, Jonah 1:17, Jonah 4:6-7, Revelation 3:19
Reciprocal references (18): Exodus 10:13, Exodus 14:12, Exodus 16:3, Numbers 11:15, Numbers 14:2, 1 Kings 19:4, Job 3:21, Job 6:9, Job 7:16, Job 10:1, Job 38:24, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Isaiah 15:4, Jeremiah 51:16, Lamentations 3:39, Mark 4:6, James 1:11, Revelation 16:8
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: HOPE-DESPAIR, JONAH OR JONAS, PATIENCE-IMPATIENCE
- Nave’s: DEATH, DESPONDENCY, GOURD, HEAT, LIFE, PRESUMPTION, WIND
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