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Jonah 3:5 — King James Version← Study notes

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.


Jonah 3:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 3:511 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יַּאֲמִ֛ינוּwayaʾămiynw
and they believedconjH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
אַנְשֵׁ֥יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
נִֽינְוֵ֖הniynəwēh
NinevehnounH5210
בֵּֽ/אלֹהִ֑יםbēʾlōhiym
in GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וַ/יִּקְרְאוּwayiqərəʾw
and they proclaimedconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
צוֹם֙ṣwōm
a fastnounH6685
וַ/יִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּwayiləbəšw
and they woreconjH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
שַׂקִּ֔יםśaqiym
sackclothnounH8242
-clothes)
מִ/גְּדוֹלָ֖/םmigədwōlām
from great theirpronH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and untopronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
קְטַנָּֽ/םqəṭanām
insignificant theiradjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Jonas ErikssonNote1mo ago
Redemption and restoration - Jonah 3
What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. There's so...
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