Parallel Hebrew Texts Hebrew Study BibleWestminster Leningrad Codex
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כִּזְרֹ֣חַ הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ וַיְמַ֨ן אֱלֹהִ֜ים ר֤וּחַ קָדִים֙ חֲרִישִׁ֔ית וַתַּ֥ךְ הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ יֹונָ֖ה וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת־נַפְשֹׁו֙ לָמ֔וּת וַיֹּ֕אמֶר טֹ֥וב מֹותִ֖י מֵחַיָּֽי׃
WLC (Consonants Only)
ויהי ׀ כזרח השמש וימן אלהים רוח קדים חרישית ותך השמש על־ראש יונה ויתעלף וישאל את־נפשו למות ויאמר טוב מותי מחיי׃ Strong's Concordance Holman Christian Standard Bible
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “ It’s better for me to die than to live.”
New American Standard Bible
When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonahs head so that he became faint and begged with [all] his soul to die, saying, "Death is better to me than life."
King James Bible
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. |
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