Jonah 4
1 Jonah repining at God's mercy,
4 is reproved by the type of a gourd.
prayed <06419> [he prayed.]
escape <01272> [I fled.]
gracious <02587> [thou art.]
abounding <07227> [and of.]
instead <03947> [take.]
rather die <02896 04194> [for.]
really .... angry <03190 02734> [Doest thou well to be angry? or, Art thou greatly angry?]
Jonah <03124> [Jonah.]
see <07200> [till.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
plant ............................... plant <07021> [gourd. or, palmcrist. Heb. Kikajon.]
[QŒyqƒy“wn <\\See definition 07021\\>,] probably the palma Christi, called {kiki,} or {kouki,} by the Egyptians, and {Elkherod} by the Arabs, from which caster oil is extracted. It is as large as the olive tree, has leaves like those of a vine, sometimes as broad as the brim of a hat, and is of very quick growth.
Jonah ................ Jonah <03124> [So.]
him ......... delighted <01419 08055> [was exceeding glad. Heb. rejoiced with great joy.]
sent <04487> [prepared.]
dried <03001> [it withered.]
God <0430> [that God.]
hot <02759> [vehement. or, silent. and the sun.]
despaired <07592> [and wished.]
angry ............ angry <03190 02734> [Doest thou well to be angry? or, Art thou greatly angry?]
angry ............ angry <02734 03190> [I do well to be angry. or, I am greatly angry.]
be <04194> [even.]
upset ..... plant <02347 07021> [had pity on. or, spared. came up in a night. Heb. was the son of the night.]
concerned <02347> [should.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
twenty <08147> [sixscore.]
It is generally calculated that the young children of any place are a fifth of the inhabitants, and consequently the whole population of Nineveh would amount to about 600,000; which is very inferior to that of London and Paris, though they occupy not one quarter of the ground. In eastern cities there are large vacant spaces for gardens and pasturages, so that there might be very "much cattle."
know <03045> [that cannot.]
many <07227> [and also.]
