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But Elohimוַ הָאֱלֹהִיםappointedיְמַןa wormתּוֹלַעַתwhen the dawn came upבַּעֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַרthe next day,לַמָּחֳרָתand it struckוַתַּךְthe plant,אֶת הַקִּיקָיוֹןand it withered.וַיִּיבָשׁ
Jonah 4:7
Study it in the app“But Elohim appointed a worm when the dawn came up the next day, and it struck the plant, and it withered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 4:7, word by word
- But Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- appointedיְמַןyeman
assign
To appoint or assign something to someone: God appointed a fish, or the king assigned the food.
Where else “yeman” appears- a wormתּוֹלַעַתtolaat
worm
A small worm, a symbol of what is weak and of what destroys.
Where else “tolaat” appears- when the dawn came upעֲלוֹתalot
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “alot” appears- when the dawn came upשַּׁחַרshachar
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appears- the next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat
next day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorat” appears- and it struckתַּךְtach
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “tach” appears- the plantקִּיקָיוֹןkikayon
qiqayon plant
"Qiqayon": a plant that gives shade, probably the castor-oil plant (the identification is not certain).
Where else “kikayon” appears- and it witheredיִּיבָשׁyivash
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yivash” appears
The context
6And YHWH Elohim appointed a castor-oil plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil; and Jonah rejoiced over the plant with great joy.
7 · This verse (above)
8And it happened, when the sun rose, that Elohim appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun struck on the head of Jonah, and he grew faint; and he asked that his soul die, and said, “Better is my death than my life.”