Study it in the app“And 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.””
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhenכִּthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁrose,זְרֹחַthat Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםappointedיְמַןa scorchingחֲרִישִׁיתeastקָדִיםwind,רוּחַand the sunוַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁstruckתַּךְonעַלthe headרֹאשׁof Jonah,יוֹנָהand he grew faint;וַיִּתְעַלָּףand he askedוַיִּשְׁאַלthat his soulאֶת נַפְשׁוֹdie,לָמוּתand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Betterטוֹבismy deathמוֹתִיthan my life.”מֵחַיָּי
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appearsrise, shine
Rise (of the sun); shine, dawn.
Where else “zeroach” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsassign
To appoint or assign something to someone: God appointed a fish, or the king assigned the food.
Where else “yeman” appearsscorching
"Charishi": scorching, hot and sultry (of a wind).
Where else “charishit” appearseast wind
A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.
Where else “kadim” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “tach” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsJonah
Jonah. A personal name meaning "dove." Prophet, son of Amittai, from Gath-hepher, in the time of Jeroboam son of Joash (2 Kings 14:25); the same as in the book of Jonah.
Where else “yona” appearsfaint
To be left without strength through hunger, thirst or punishment.
Where else “yitalaf” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “yishal” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears7But Elohim appointed a worm when the dawn came up the next day, and it struck the plant, and it withered.
8 · This verse (above)
9Then Elohim said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I do well to be angry, to the point of death.”
