## Rashi on Jonah Chapter 4

###### Rashi on Jonah 4:1:1
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**וַיֵּרַע אֶל יוֹנָה.** אָמַר: עַכְשָׁיו יֹאמְרוּ הָעַכּוּ״ם שֶׁאֲנִי נְבִיא הַשֶּׁקֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now it displeased Jonah**—He said, “Now the nations will say that I am a false prophet.” [from *Pirké d’Rabbi Eliezer* ch. 10]


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:2:1
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**הֲלֹא זֶה דְבָרִי.** יוֹדֵעַ אֲנִי שֶׁאִם יַחְזְרוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה לֹא תַּחֲרִיבֵם וְאֶהְיֶה שַׁקְרָן בְּעֵינֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was this not my contention**—I know that, if they repent, You will not destroy them, and I will appear to them as a liar.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:6:1
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**וַיְמַן.** לְשׁוֹן הַזְמָנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**appointed** Heb. וַיְמַן, an expression of preparation. [from *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:6:2
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**לְהַצִּיל לוֹ מֵרָעָתוֹ.** מֵחוֹם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to save him from his discomfort**—From the heat of the sun.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:6:3
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**קִיקָיוֹן.** עֵשֶׂב הַגָּדֵל לְמַעְלָה בַּעֲנָפִים רַבִּים וּמֵצִיל, וְכָךְ שְׁמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**kikayon**—A plant that grows high with many branches and it affords shade and that is its name.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:7:1
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**וַתַּךְ.** הַתּוֹלַעַת אֶת הַקִּיקָיוֹן. בִּמְקוֹם שֶׁיֹּאמַר לְזָכָר וַיַּךְ, יֹאמַר לְשׁוֹן נְקֵבָה וַתַּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**attacked** Heb. וַתַּךְ. The worm attacked the kikayon. Where one would say for masculine וַיַךְ, he struck, he says for feminine וַתַּךְ, she struck.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:8:1
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**חֲרִישִׁית.** אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁמְּנַשֶּׁבֶת מַשְׁתֶּקֶת כָּל הָרוּחוֹת מִפָּנֶיהָ וְהִיא חַמָּה מְאֹד. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: שְׁתִיקָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**stilling** Heb. חֲרִישִׁית. Our Sages say: When it blows, it silences all the winds because of it, and it is very hot. So does *Jonathan* render: silencing. [from *Gittin* 31b]


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:8:2
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**וַיִּתְעַלָּף.** פשמיי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he fainted** Heb. וַיִּתְעַלָּף, *pasmer* (*pamer*), in O.F.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:10:1
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**לֹא עָמַלְתָּ בּוֹ.** בַּחֲרִישָׁה וּזְרִיעָה וְהַשְׁקָאַת מַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for which you did not toil**—with plowing, sowing, or watering.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:10:2
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**שֶׁבִּן לַיְלָה.** כְּמוֹ בֶּן לַיְלָה, לֹא גָדַל אֶלָּא לַיְלָה אֶחָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one night** Heb. בִּן-לַיְלָה, lit., one night old, like בֶּן לַיְלָה. It grew only one night.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:11:1
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**אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַע וגו׳.** קְטַנִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who do not know etc.**—I.e, children.


###### Rashi on Jonah 4:11:2
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**וּבְהֵמָה רַבָּה.** בְּנֵי אָדָם גְּדוֹלִים וְדַעְתָּן כִּבְהֵמָה, שֶׁאֵינָם מַכִּירִים מִי בְּרָאָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and many beasts as well**—Adult, who have the intelligence of beasts, who do not recognize who created them.