קִיקָיוֹן
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7021
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
ricinus tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
קִיקָיוֹן: n.m. ricinus tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Jon 4:6 a plant (cf. Assyrian kukkânîtum (כ) a garden-plant, DlHWB 327);—usually ricinus (R. communis, Linn. = castor-oil tree; cf. Dioscoriv. 164 κίκι (Egyptian) = κρότων [castor-oil tree]; Talm. שֶׁמֶן קִיק; v. especially Löwp. 353 f.); perhaps bottle-gourd (𝔊 κολόκυνθα; i.e. cucurbita lagenaria, a vine growing and withering rapidly, Post in HastingsDB ii, 250);—Jon 4:6(×2), 7, 9, 10.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: plant (4); a plant (1).
In the verses
וַיְמַ֤ן הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ תּוֹלַ֔עַת בַּעֲל֥וֹת הַשַּׁ֖חַר לַֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת וַתַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן וַיִּיבָֽשׁ׃
Word for word: and he.appointed (the) God a.worm when came.up the dawn to the.next day and it.attacked (et) the plant and it.withered
JPS 1917: But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־יוֹנָ֔ה הַהֵיטֵ֥ב חָרָֽה־לְךָ֖ עַל־הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֵיטֵ֥ב חָֽרָה־לִ֖י עַד־מָֽוֶת׃
Word for word: and he.said God to Jonah rightly (do.well)? does.it.burn to you on the plant and he.said rightly.(do.well) it.burns to me to death
JPS 1917: And God said to Jonah: 'Art thou greatly angry for the gourd?' And he said: 'I am greatly angry, even unto death.'
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