Jonah
Jonah 4:3
3And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And now | וְעַתָּ֣ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| O LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| please | נָ֥א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| take | קַח־ | qaḥ- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3947 take |
| my life | נַפְשִׁ֖י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| from me | מִמֶּ֑נִּי | mim·men·nî | Preposition; first person common singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| for | כִּ֛י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| it is better | ט֥וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| for me to die | מוֹתִ֖י | mō·w·ṯî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H4194 death |
| than to live | מֵחַיָּֽי׃ס | mê·ḥay·yāy | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H2416 alive, living |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Kings 19:4 · Ecclesiastes 7:1 · Numbers 11:15 · Jeremiah 20:14–18 · Numbers 20:3 · Jonah 4:8 · Job 7:15–16 · Philippians 1:21–25 · Job 6:8–9 · Job 3:20–21 · 1 Corinthians 9:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.