The kikayon plant that caused Jonah joy and grief
Oct 4, 2022 · A kikayon plant sprouted. Perhaps the green leafy bush or vine provided some shade for Jonah, it certainly gave him great joy. Overnight, God sent a worm causing the plant to wither away causing...
Jonah 4:6 Commentaries: So the LORD God appointed a plant and …
6. gourd—Hebrew, kikaion; the Egyptian kiki, the "ricinus" or castor-oil plant, commonly called "palm-christ" (palma-christi). It grows from eight to ten feet high. Only one leaf grows on a branch, but that leaf being often more than a foot large, the …
Strong's Hebrew: 7021. קִיקָיוֹן (qiqayon) -- (a plant) perhaps castor ...
qiqayon: (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant. Original Word: קִיקָיוֹן. Part of Speech: Noun Masculine. Transliteration: qiqayon. Phonetic Spelling: (kee-kaw-yone') Definition: (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant. NAS Exhaustive Concordance. Word Origin. of uncertain derivation.
Jonah and the Castor Bean - Torah Flora
Aug 24, 2015 · In modern Hebrew, kikayon refers not to a cucurbit, but to the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis. This plant’s firm stalk enables it to grow up to four meters in height, and its large, abrasive leaves, similar in appearance and texture to those of cucurbits, provide shade.
Why did Jonah need a plant for shade if he'd already built a hut?
Feb 23, 2021 · The KIKAYON plant is actually an ancient type of VINE although modern Hebrews today, use this word to describe the castor oil plant. Regardless of which plant it is translated as, its growth cycle is supernatural in JONAH, pointing to its allegorical nature.
Kikayon - Wikiwand articles
Kikayon (קִיקָיוֹן qîqāyōn) is the Hebrew name of a plant mentioned in the Biblical Book of Jonah. Castor oil plant. Origins. The first use of the term kikayon is in the biblical book of Jonah, Chapter 4. In the quote below, from the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, the English word 'gourd' occurs where the Hebrew has kikayon.
Sign of Jonah: The "kikayon" plant in Jonah and the Greek version …
Dec 5, 2012 · In the second part of Jonah's story, the word kikayon is a famous hapax legomenon which, in its context, refers to a plant, with later tradition hesitating between a type of gourd and ricinus communis (castor oil).**36** Many interesting explanations have been offered, none of them entirely convincing.**37** No one seems to have noticed ...
Yonah - Jonah - Chapter 4 - Tanakh Online - Torah - Bible - Chabad.org
kikayon A plant that grows high with many branches and it affords shade and that is its name. קיקיון עשב הגדל למעלה בענפים רבים ומיצל וכך שמו: 7 Now God appointed a worm at the rise of dawn on the morrow, and the worm attacked the kikayon, and it withered.
THE BOOK OF JONAH AND YOM KIPPUR - Rabbi Pini Dunner
Oct 3, 2022 · Yonah sat under a large leafed kikayon tree, which God provided him so that he had shade – and Yonah was very happy about it. But then God sent a worm, and overnight the big leaves were all eaten by the worm.
BDB Hebrew: 7021. קִיקָיוֹן (qiqayon) -- (a plant) perhaps castor-oil …
קִיקָיוֺן noun masculine Jonah 4:6 a plant (compare Assyrian Kukkânîtum (כ) a garden-plant, Dl HWB 327); — usually ricinus (R. communis, Linn. = castor-oil tree; compare Dioscor iv. 164 κίκι (Egypt) = κρότων [castor-oil tree]; Talmud שֶׁמֶן קִיק see especially Löw p. 353 f.