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Then the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיtoאֶלJonahיוֹנָהa second time,שֵׁנִיתsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jonah 3:1
Study it in the app“Then the word of YHWH came to Jonah a second time, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 3:1, word by word
- Then the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- Jonahיוֹנָהyona
Jonah
Jonah. A personal name meaning "dove." Prophet, son of Amittai, from Gath-hepher, in the time of Jeroboam son of Joash (2 Kings 14:25); the same as in the book of Jonah.
Where else “yona” appears- a second timeשֵׁנִיתshenit
again
Once more, after having been done before.
Where else “shenit” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation that I am telling you.”