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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
קַח־נָ֥א אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִמֶּ֑נִּי
take now DOM life,my from,me
The implication is that Jonah wanted to die because God will not punish his former enemies. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “since you will not destroy Nineveh as you said you would, please allow me to die”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
כִּ֛י ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖י מֵחַיָּֽי
that/for/because/then/when good die,me than,live,me
If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of death and life, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “for I would prefer to die rather than to live” or “because I want to die. I do not want to live”
4:1-7 The account takes an unexpected turn. Jonah, himself a recipient of God’s mercy, complains about the mercy that the Lord has dispensed to the Assyrians. The prophet’s insolence only magnifies God’s grace (see 4:8-11 for God’s response).
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.