Jonah 3:10

“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.”

Jonah 3:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.”

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