And Elohimוַ הָאֱלֹהִיםsawיַּרְאtheir works,אֶת מַעֲשֵׂיהֶםthatכִּיthey turnedשָׁבוּfrom theirמִ םevilהָרָעָהway;דַּרְכָּand Elohimוַ הָאֱלֹהִיםrelentedיִּנָּחֶםconcerningעַלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe had saidדִּבֶּרhe would doלַעֲשׂוֹתto them,לָהֶםand he did notוְלֹאdo it.עָשָׂה
Jonah 3:10
Study it in the app“And Elohim saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and Elohim relented concerning the evil that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.”
Nineveh changes its ways and God changes his mindTurning back to God
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 3:10, word by word
- And Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- their worksמַעֲשֵׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- they turnedשָׁבוּshavu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavu” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- wayדַּרְכָּdarka
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darka” appears- relentedיִּנָּחֶםyinachem
relent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “yinachem” appears- he had saidדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- he would doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
9Who knows? Elohim may turn and relent, and turn back from the burning of his anger, and we will not perish.”
10 · This verse (above)