Jonah 4:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd [with] great joy.

King James Bible
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, 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.

Hebrew
So the LORD
יְהוָֽה־ (Yah·weh-)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱ֠לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

appointed
וַיְמַ֣ן (way·man)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4487: To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll

a vine,
קִיקָי֞וֹן (qî·qā·yō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7021: (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant

and it grew up
וַיַּ֣עַל ׀ (way·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to provide
לִֽהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

shade
צֵל֙ (ṣêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6738: A shadow

over
מֵעַ֣ל (mê·‘al)
Preposition-m
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Jonah’s
לְיוֹנָ֗ה (lə·yō·w·nāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3124: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet

head
רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

to ease
לְהַצִּ֥יל (lə·haṣ·ṣîl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

his
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

discomfort,
מֵרָֽעָת֑וֹ (mê·rā·‘ā·ṯōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

and Jonah
יוֹנָ֛ה (yō·w·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3124: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet

was greatly
גְדוֹלָֽה׃ (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

pleased
וַיִּשְׂמַ֥ח (way·yiś·maḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

with
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the plant.
הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן (haq·qî·qā·yō·wn)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7021: (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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