Jonah 4:8
And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, 'Better is my death than my life.'This verse in the real world
In what words
- חֲרִישִׁיchărîyshîyquiet, i.e. sultry (as feminine noun, the sirocco or hot east wind)
- עָלַףʻâlaphto veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid
- זָרַחzârachproperly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to
- יוֹנָהYôwnâhJonah, an Israelite
- מָנָהmânâhproperly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumera
- קָדִיםqâdîymthe fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched bat
- מָוֶתmâvethdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figurative
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