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But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. (KJV)
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וַיְמַ֤ןvay.Manand he appointed
Lemma: מָנָה (ma.nah) · Strong's: H4487
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to count
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 13:16, Numbers 23:10, 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Kings 3:8, 1 Kings 8:5, 1 Kings 20:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4487; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 1
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.Him<the> God
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 2
תּוֹלַ֔עַתto.La.'ata worm
Lemma: תּוֹלֵעָה (to.le.ah) · Strong's: H8438B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: worm
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:36, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 28:5, Exodus 28:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8438B; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 3
בַּעֲל֥וֹתba.'a.Lotwhen came up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 4
הַשַּׁ֖חַרha.Sha.charthe dawn
Lemma: שַׁ֫חַר (sha.char) · Strong's: H7837
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dawn
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 32:24, Genesis 32:26, Joshua 6:15, Judges 19:25, 1 Samuel 9:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7837; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 5
לַֽמָּחֳרָ֑תla.mo.cho.Ratto the next day
Lemma: מׇחֳרָת (mo.cho.rat) · Strong's: H4283
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: morrow
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 19:34, Exodus 9:6, Exodus 18:13, Exodus 32:6, Exodus 32:30, Leviticus 7:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4283; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 6
וַתַּ֥ךְva.Takhand it attacked
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhw3fs)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 7
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 8
הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹןha.ki.ka.Yonthe plant
Lemma: קִיקָיוֹן (qi.qa.von) · Strong's: H7021
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: plant
Used 5 times. Also: Jonah 4:6, Jonah 4:9, Jonah 4:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7021; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 9
וַיִּיבָֽשׁ\׃vai.yi.Vashand it withered
Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to wither
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:14, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 4:23, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 9:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3001; TAHOT Jonah 4:7 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When dawn | → | שַׁ֫חַר H7837 dawn |
| came | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| the next day | → | מׇחֳרָת H4283 morrow |
| God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| appointed | → | מָנָה H4487 to count |
| a worm | → | תּוֹלֵעָה H8438B worm |
| that attacked | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| the plant | → | קִיקָיוֹן H7021 plant |
| so that it withered | → | יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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