Study it in the app“And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he rose from his throne, took off his robe from himself, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes.”
Nineveh changes its ways and God changes his mindTurning back to God
And the wordוַ הַדָּבָרreachedיִּגַּעthe kingאֶל מֶלֶךof Nineveh,נִינְוֵהand he roseוַיָּקָםfrom his throne,מִכִּסְאוֹtook offוַיַּעֲבֵרhis robeאַדַּרְתּוֹfrom himself,מֵעָלָיוcovered himselfוַיְכַסwithsackcloth,שַׂקand satוַיֵּשֶׁבonעַלthe ashes.הָאֵפֶר
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsreach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “yiga” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsNineveh
See it on the mapWhere else “ninve” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kis” appearsbring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “yaaver” appearscloak
The large outer garment, sometimes of hair, like the prophets' cloak.
Where else “adart” appearscover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechas” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appearsNineveh
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).
5And the men of Nineveh believed Elohim, and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
6 · This verse (above)
7And he had it proclaimed and said in Nineveh, by decree of the king and his great men, saying, “Human being and livestock, herd and flock, are not to taste anything; they are not to graze, and water they are not to drink.
