Jonah 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?”

Jonah 3:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 3:910 words

HebrewMeaning

מִֽיmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יוֹדֵ֣עַywōdēʿa

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

יָשׁ֔וּבyāšwb

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

וְ/נִחַ֖םwəniḥam

comfortconjH5162

ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)

הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

וְ/שָׁ֛בwəšāb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

מֵ/חֲר֥וֹןmēḥărwōn

sore displeasurepronH2740

fierce · fury · wrath

אַפּ֖/וֹʾapwō

angernounH639

before · countenance · face · forebearing ···

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

נֹאבֵֽדnōʾbēd

breakverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

ℹWords 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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