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“Arise,קוּםgoלֵךְtoאֶלNineveh,נִינְוֵהthe greatהַגְּדוֹלָהcity,הָעִירand proclaimוִּקְרָאto itאֵלֶיהָthe proclamationאֶת הַקְּרִיאָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam tellingדֹּבֵרyou.”אֵלֶיךָ
Jonah 3:2
Study it in the app““Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation that I am telling you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 3:2, word by word
- “Ariseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- Ninevehנִינְוֵהninve
Nineveh
See it on the mapWhere else “ninve” appears- the greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and proclaimקְרָאkera
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “kera” appears- the proclamationקְּרִיאָהkeria
proclamation
"Qeria": a proclamation, a message announced.
Where else “keria” appears- am tellingדֹּבֵרdover
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appears
Places in this verse
Nineveh
Today: Nineveh ruins, beside Mosul, Iraq
An Assyrian city on the Tigris River in northern Iraq today, across from present-day Mosul.
Jonah preached there, and the city turned from its evil way (Jonah 3:3-10). Nahum later announced its fall (Nah 1:1).
The context
1Then the word of YHWH came to Jonah a second time, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH. Now Nineveh was a great city for Elohim, a journey of three days.