Study it in the app“And 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.”
Nineveh changes its ways and God changes his mindTurning back to God
And let them be coveredוְיִתְכַּסּוּwithsackcloth,שַׂקִּיםhuman beingהָאָדָםand livestock,וְהַבְּהֵמָהand let them cry outוְיִקְרְאוּtoאֶלElohimאֱלֹהִיםmightily;בְּחָזְקָהand let them turn,וְיָשֻׁבוּeachאִישׁfromמִhisוֹevilהָרָעָהwayדַּרְכּand fromוּמִןthe violenceהֶחָמָסthatאֲשֶׁרisin their hands.בְּכַפֵּיהֶם
clothe oneself
To put a garment on to cover the body.
Where else “yitkasu” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikru” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsforce, harshness
Force, harshness. Almost always in a bad sense: to treat someone "with force," that is, with violence and harshness. In Jonah 3:8, to cry out "mightily."
Where else “chazka” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “dark” appearsviolence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chape” appears7And 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Who knows? Elohim may turn and relent, and turn back from the burning of his anger, and we will not perish.”
