Jonah 4:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“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.”

Jonah 4:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 4:822 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy

and it wasconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כִּ/זְרֹ֣חַkizərōḥa

when arosepronH2224

rise · as soon as it is up

הַ/שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁhašemeš

the sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

וַ/יְמַ֨ןwayəman

and he appointedconjH4487

count · number · prepare · set ···

אֱלֹהִ֜יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

ר֤וּחַrwḥa

a windnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

קָדִים֙qādiym

an east windnounH6921

wind)

חֲרִישִׁ֔יתḥăriyšiyt

hotadjH2759

וַ/תַּ֥ךְwatakə

and it struckconjH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

הַ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁhašemeš

the sunparticleH8121

east side · west · window. See also

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

רֹ֥אשׁrōʾš

the head ofnounH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

יוֹנָ֖הywōnāh

JonahnounH3124

וַ/יִּתְעַלָּ֑ףwayitəʿalāp

and he became faintconjH5968

overlaid · wrap self

וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤לwayišəʾal

and he askedconjH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

נַפְשׁ/וֹ֙napəšwō

life hisnounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

לָ/מ֔וּתlāmwt

to diepronH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

ט֥וֹבṭwōb

is goodadjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

מוֹתִ֖/יmwōtiy

dead (bodynounH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

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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