Study it in the app“And 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.”
Nineveh changes its ways and God changes his mindTurning back to God
And he had it proclaimedוַיַּזְעֵקand saidוַיֹּאמֶרin Nineveh,בְּנִינְוֵהby decreeמִטַּעַםof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand his great men,וּגְדֹלָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Human beingהָאָדָםand livestock,וְהַבְּהֵמָהherdהַבָּקָרand flock,וְהַצֹּאןare not toאַלtasteיִטְעֲמוּanything;מְאוּמָהthey are not toאַלgraze,יִרְעוּand waterוּמַיִםthey are not toאַלdrink.יִשְׁתּוּ
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “yazek” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsNineveh
See it on the mapWhere else “ninve” appearsdecree
What the king commands in writing or by word.
Where else “taam” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolay” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearstaste
To take a little food into the mouth to find out what it tastes like.
Where else “yitamu” appearsanything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appearsgraze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “yiru” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” 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).
6And 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8And let them be covered with sackcloth, human being and livestock, and let them cry out to Elohim mightily; and let them turn, each from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands.
