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Then Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלJonah,יוֹנָה“Do you do wellהַהֵיטֵבto be angryחָרָה לְךָaboutעַלthe plant?”הַקִּיקָיוֹןAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I do wellהֵיטֵבto be angry,חָרָה לִיto the point ofעַדdeath.”מָוֶת
Jonah 4:9
Study it in the app“Then 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 4:9, word by word
- Then Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Jonahיוֹנָהyona
Jonah
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” appears- “Do you do wellהֵיטֵבhetev
do good
To act rightly, or mend one's ways.
Where else “hetev” appears- to be angryחָרָהchara
be angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “chara” 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- deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
The context
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.”
9 · This verse (above)
10And YHWH said, “You had pity on the plant, for which you did not labor and which you did not make grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night.