Jonah 4:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?”

Jonah 4:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jonah 4:1123 words

HebrewMeaning

וַֽ/אֲנִי֙waʾăniy

and IconjH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אָח֔וּסʾāḥws

will I have compassion?verbH2347

regard · spare

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

נִינְוֵ֖הniynəwēh

NinevehnounH5210

הָ/עִ֣ירhāʿiyr

the cityparticleH5892

city · court · town

הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֑הhagədwōlāh

greatparticleH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יֶשׁyeš

thereparticleH3426

(he · it · shall · there ···

בָּ֡/הּbāh

pron

הַרְבֵּה֩harəbēh

are manyverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

מִֽ/שְׁתֵּיםmišətēym

more than two pluspronH8147

couple · double · second · twain ···

עֶשְׂרֵ֨הʿeśərēh

tenadjH6240

fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···

רִבּ֜וֹribwō

ten thousandadjH7239

ten -een · -ty · sixscore · threescore ···

אָדָ֗םʾādām

personsnounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer

whoparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדַע֙yādaʿ

he distinguishesverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

בֵּיןbēyn

betweenpronH996

asunder · at · between · from ···

יְמִינ֣/וֹyəmiynwō

right hand hisnounH3225

left-handed · side) · south

לִ/שְׂמֹאל֔/וֹliśəmōʾlwō

and left hispronH8040

side)

וּ/בְהֵמָ֖הwbəhēmāh

and livestockpronH929

cattle

רַבָּֽהrabāh

muchadjH7227

-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···

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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