Jonah 4:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

Young's Literal Translation
And God saith unto Jonah: ‘Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?’ and he saith, ‘To do good is displeasing to me—unto death.’

King James Bible
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, [even] unto death.

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

asked
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

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

“Have you
לְךָ֖ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

any right
הַהֵיטֵ֥ב (ha·hê·ṭêḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

to be angry
חָרָֽה־ (ḥā·rāh-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

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

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

“I do,”
הֵיטֵ֥ב (hê·ṭêḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

he replied.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I am angry
חָֽרָה־ (ḥā·rāh-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

enough to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

die!”
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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