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Jonah 4:5

Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.
Jonah 4:5
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיֵּצֵ֤א יוֹנָה֙ מִן־הָעִ֔יר וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב מִקֶּ֣דֶם לָעִ֑יר וַיַּעַשׂ֩ ל֨וֹ שָׁ֜ם סֻכָּ֗ה וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב תַּחְתֶּ֙יהָ֙ בַּצֵּ֔ל עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִרְאֶ֔ה מַה־יִּהְיֶ֖ה בָּעִֽיר׃

  1. וַיֵּצֵ֤אvai.ye.Tze'“and he went out”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from יָצָא · “come” · Strong's H3318G
  2. יוֹנָה֙yo.Nah“Jonah”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from יוֹנָה · “Jonah” · Strong's H3124
  3. מִן־min-“from”
    Preposition · “from” · Strong's H4480A
  4. הָעִ֔ירha.'Ir“the city”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
  5. וַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shev“and he sat”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from יָשַׁב · “to dwell” · Strong's H3427
  6. מִקֶּ֣דֶםmi.Ke.dem“from east”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from קֶ֫דֶם · “east” · Strong's H6924G
  7. לָעִ֑ירla.'Ir“of the city”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
  8. וַיַּעַשׂ֩vai.ya.'As“and he made”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “make(OBJECT)” · Strong's H6213H
  9. ל֨וֹlo“for <the> himself”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  10. שָׁ֜םsham“there”
    Adverb · from שָׁם · “there” · Strong's H8033G
  11. סֻכָּ֗הsu.Kah“a shelter”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from סֻכָּה · “booth” · Strong's H5521
  12. וַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shev“and he sat”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from יָשַׁב · “to dwell” · Strong's H3427
  13. תַּחְתֶּ֙יהָ֙tach.Tei.ha“under it”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from תַּחַת · “under” · Strong's H8478G
  14. בַּצֵּ֔לba.Tzel“in the shade”
    Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from צֵל · “shadow” · Strong's H6738
  15. עַ֚ד'ad“until”
    Preposition · from עַד · “till” · Strong's H5704
  16. אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher“that”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  17. יִרְאֶ֔הyir.'Eh“he will see”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
  18. מַה־mah-“what?”
    Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  19. יִּהְיֶ֖הyih.Yeh“will it be”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  20. בָּעִֽיר׃ba.'Ir“in the city”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)