“Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah 4:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jonah 4:311 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֣הwəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
קַחqaḥ
takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
נָ֥אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשִׁ֖/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ט֥וֹבṭwōb
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מוֹתִ֖/יmwōtiy
death mynounH4194
death · die
מֵ/חַיָּֽ/יmēḥayāy
more than life mypronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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