jonah

«jonah» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a prophet in the Bible who ran away from God's command… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (Jonah); noun (a jonah — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Bible) Jonah is a prophet in the Bible who ran away from God's command, was swallowed by a great fish, and after three days was spat out on land; then he preached in the city of Nineveh. tree →

2) (informal, old) A jonah is a person thought to bring bad luck, especially on a ship. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jonah is the prophet who was sent to Nineveh. He ran away, was swallowed by a great fish, prayed from its belly, and later was angry when God spared the city. Interpretation: Tradition reads the book of Jonah on Yom Kippur afternoon as a lesson that God accepts repentance, even from foreigners, and that people cannot run away from God. In the primary lessons: The story of Jonah is told in Sunday schools and RE lessons: it teaches that you cannot hide from God and that God shows mercy, even to enemies who change their ways. Jews read it on Yom Kippur. "Jonah and the whale" is the usual name, though the Bible says "a great fish". Sailors once called an unlucky man "a jonah".

examples

• But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. (Prophets JON.4.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. (Prophets JON.4.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. (Prophets JON.2.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Jonah tried to sail away instead of going to Nineveh. tree →
• A great storm came, and the sailors threw Jonah into the sea. tree →
• Jonah stayed inside the fish for three days and nights. tree →
• Our class acted out Jonah and the whale with a paper fish. tree →
• God forgave the people of Nineveh, and Jonah was cross about it. tree →
• The old sailors grumbled that the new cook was a jonah. tree →

note

Name: capital J. The input is in lower case, but the word is almost always a name. The Bible says "great fish", not "whale" — a common mix-up. Book of Jonah is one of the short prophet books.

In the corpora

• NOW THE WORD of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:
• But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
• So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
• Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.
• And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jonah» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.