Jonah 4:6

God. Hebrew. Elohim (i.e. Creator). App-4.

prepared. appointed: as in verses: Jonah 4:7; Jonah 4:8, Jon 4:17.

gourd. Hebrew. kikayon. Art Egyptian word.

shadow. to deliver him. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Hebrew. tzel. le hatztzel.

grief. evil, or evil ease. Heb ra'a'. App-44.

was exceeding glad. Note the Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis. Hebrew. rejoiced with great rejoicing.

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⁶ And the LORD God prepared a gourd,a and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

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Jonah 4:6