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Whoמִיknows?יוֹדֵעַElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםmay turnיָשׁוּבand relent,וְנִחַםand turn backוְשָׁבfrom the burningמֵחֲרוֹןof his anger,אַפּוֹand we will notוְלֹאperish.”נֹאבֵד
Jonah 3:9
Study it in the app“Who knows? Elohim may turn and relent, and turn back from the burning of his anger, and we will not perish.””
Nineveh changes its ways and God changes his mindTurning back to God
With the Hebrew beneath
Jonah 3:9, word by word
- knowsיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- may turnיָשׁוּבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears- and relentנִחַםnicham
relent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “nicham” appears- from the burningחֲרוֹןcharon
burning anger
Burning of anger.
Where else “charon” appears- of his angerאַפּap
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appears- perishנֹאבֵדnoved
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “noved” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And 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.