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Jonah 4:1-5

1But itdispleasedH3415Jonahיוֹנָ֖הyo.NahH3124exceedinglyרָעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑הra.'Ah ge.do.LahH1419 H7451, and he was veryangryוַיִּ֖חַרvai.Yi.charH2734.

2And heprayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419to theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֗רvai.yo.MarH559, Iprayאָנָּ֤ה'a.NahH577thee, OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, was not this mysayingדְבָרִ֗יde.va.RiH1697, when I was yet in mycountryאַדְמָתִ֔י'ad.ma.TiH127? Therefore Ifledלִבְרֹ֣חַliv.Ro.achH1272beforeקִדַּ֖מְתִּיki.Dam.tiH6923toTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהtar.Shi.shahH8659: for Iknewיָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that thou art agraciousחַנּ֣וּןcha.NunH2587Godאֵֽל־'el-H410, andmercifulוְרַח֔וּםve.ra.ChumH7349,slowאֶ֤רֶךְ'E.rekhH750toangerאַפַּ֙יִם֙'a.Pa.yimH639, and ofgreatוְרַב־ve.rav-H7227kindnessחֶ֔סֶדChe.sedH2617, andrepentestוְנִחָ֖םve.ni.ChamH5162of theevilהָרָעָֽה׃ha.ra.'AhH7451.

3Therefore now, OLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,takeקַח־kach-H3947, I beseech thee, mylifeנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315from me; for it isbetterט֥וֹבTovH2896for me todieמוֹתִ֖יmo.TiH4194than toliveמֵחַיָּֽי׃ סme.chai.YaiH2416.

4Thensaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, Doest thouwellהַהֵיטֵ֖בha.hei.TevH3190to beangryחָ֥רָהCha.rahH2734?

5SoJonahיוֹנָה֙yo.NahH3124wentoutוַיֵּצֵ֤אvai.ye.Tze'H3318of thecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892, andsatוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427on the eastsideמִקֶּ֣דֶםmi.Ke.demH6924of thecityלָעִ֑ירla.'IrH5892, and theremadeוַיַּעַשׂ֩vai.ya.'AsH6213him aboothסֻכָּ֗הsu.KahH5521, andsatוַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427under it in theshadowבַּצֵּ֔לba.TzelH6738, till he mightseeיִרְאֶ֔הyir.'EhH7200what would become of thecityבָּעִֽיר׃ba.'IrH5892.

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