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Jonah 4:8
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📖 King James Version

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.

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Hebrew (BDB)

# Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 וַ/יְהִ֣י הָיָה H1961 HC/Vqw3ms הָיָה a primitive root (compare הָוָה); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
2 כִּ/זְרֹ֣חַ זָרַח H2224 HR/Vqc זָרַח 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.
3 הַ/שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ שָׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 HTd/Ncbsa שָׁ֫מֶשׁ from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שָׁ֫מֶשׁ.
4 וַ/יְמַ֨ן מָנָא H4487 HC/Vpw3ms מָנָא 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.
5 אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֱלֹהִים H430 HNcmpa אֱלֹהִים plural of אֱל֫וֹהַּ; 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, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
6 ר֤וּחַ ר֫וּחַ H7307 HNcbsc ר֫וּחַ from ר֫וּחַ; 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, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
7 קָדִים֙ קָדִים H6921 HNcmsa קָדִים or qadim; from קָדַם; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind): east(-ward, wind).
8 חֲרִישִׁ֔ית חֲרִישִׁית H2759 HAafsa חֲרִישִׁית from חָרַשׁ in the sense of silence; quiet, i.e. sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind): vehement.
9 וַ/תַּ֥ךְ נָכָה H5221 HC/Vhw3ms נָכָה a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively): beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
10 הַ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ שָׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 HTd/Ncbsa שָׁ֫מֶשׁ from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also בֵּית שָׁ֫מֶשׁ.
11 עַל עַל H5921 HR עַל properly, the same as עָל 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 (as follow): above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.
12 רֹ֥אשׁ רֹאשׁ H7218 HNcmsc רֹאשׁ 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, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
13 יוֹנָ֖ה יוֹנָה H3124 HNp יוֹנָה the same as יוֹנִים; Jonah, an Israelite: Jonah.
14 וַ/יִּתְעַלָּ֑ף עָלַף H5968 HC/Vtw3ms עָלַף a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid: faint, overlaid, wrap self.
15 וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל שָׁאַל H7592 HC/Vqw3ms שָׁאַל or shael; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
16 אֶת אוֹת H853 HTo אוֹת 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).
17 נַפְשׁ/וֹ֙ נָ֫פֶשׁ H5315 HNcbsc/Sp3ms נָ֫פֶשׁ 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, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
18 לָ/מ֔וּת מוּת H4191 HR/Vqc מוּת a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
19 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר אָמַר H559 HC/Vqw3ms אָמַר a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude): answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
20 ט֥וֹב טוֹב H2896 HAamsa טוֹב 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, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
21 מוֹתִ֖/י מוּת H4191 HNcmsc/Sp1cs מוּת a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
22 מֵ/חַיָּֽ/י חָי H2416 HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs חָי 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: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.