Chapter 4
Jonah 4:3
מ חי י ס | מות י | טוב | כי | ממ ני | נפש י | את | נא | קח | יהוה | ו עתה |
living one of myself | dead one of myself | he became good | for | from out of myself | the breath/soul of myself | את-self eternal | pray | take | He Is | and |
9018 | ס None Definition: Setumah paragraph marker Root: None Exhaustive: None 9016 | None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None 9020 | י None Definition: my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular 2416e | חי chay Definition: alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively Root: from H2421 (חיה); Exhaustive: from חיה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. 9006 מ None Definition: from Root: None Exhaustive: None | 9020 | י None Definition: my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular 4194 מות mâveth Definition: death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin Root: from H4191 (מות); Exhaustive: from מות; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d). | 2896a טוב ṭôwb Definition: good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well) Root: from H2895 (טוב); Exhaustive: from טוב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured). | 3588a כי kîy Definition: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed Root: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; Exhaustive: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet. | 9030 | ני None Definition: me, personal pronoun - verb/prep. suffix: 1st person common singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person singular 4480a מן min Definition: properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses Root: or מני; or מני; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482 (מן); Exhaustive: or מני; or מני; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with. | 9020 | י None Definition: my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular 5315 נפש nephesh Definition: properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) Root: from H5314 (נפש); Exhaustive: from נפש; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it. | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 853 את ʼêth Definition: properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) Root: apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity; Exhaustive: apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English). | 4994 נא nâʼ Definition: 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction Root: a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; Exhaustive: a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh. | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 3947 לקח lâqach Definition: to take (in the widest variety of applications) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win. | 3068 יהוה Yᵉhôvâh Definition: Jehovah, Jewish national name of God Root: from H1961 (היה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Exhaustive: from היה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יה, יהוה. | 6258 | עתה ʻattâh Definition: at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive Root: from H6256 (עת); Exhaustive: from עת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas. 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) |
RBT Translation:
and He Is take pray את-self eternal the breath/soul of myself from out of myself for he became good dead one of myself living one of myself
RBT Paraphrase:
And He Is, take, pray, the self eternal soul of myself from out of myself, for he has become good, the dead one of myself more than the living one of myself!
And He Is, take, pray, the self eternal soul of myself from out of myself, for he has become good, the dead one of myself more than the living one of myself!
LITV Translation:
And now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me. For better is my death than my life.
And now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me. For better is my death than my life.
ESV Translation:
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.