יוֹנָה

II. יוֺנָה proper name, masculine prophet, according to 2 Kong 14,25 he was הַנָּבִיא son of אֲמִתַּי, from גַּת הַחֵפֶר and predicted the recovery of Israel's territory which Jeroboam II effected; he is also the principal figure of the Book of Jonah: 2 Kong 1,1 (בֶּןאֲֿמִתַּי), v2 Kong 1,3 v2 Kong 1,5 v2 Kong 1,7 v2 Kong 1,15; 2 Kong 2,1 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 2,2; 2 Kong 2,11; 2 Kong 3,1; 2 Kong 3,3; 2 Kong 3,4; 2 Kong 4,1; 2 Kong 4,5; 2 Kong 4,6 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 4,8; 2 Kong 4,9.

III. הַיּוֺנָה see יָנָה Participle