Jonah

Jonah 3:5

⁵And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the Ninevites	נִֽינְוֵ֖ה	nî·nə·wêh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5210 Nineveh
believed	וַֽיַּאֲמִ֛ינוּ	way·ya·’ă·mî·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H539 confirm, support
God	בֵּֽאלֹהִ֑ים	bê·lō·hîm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
They proclaimed	וַיִּקְרְאוּ־	way·yiq·rə·’ū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7121 call, proclaim, read
a fast	צוֹם֙	ṣō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H6685 fasting, fast
and dressed	וַיִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּ	way·yil·bə·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3847 put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed
in sackcloth	שַׂקִּ֔ים	śaq·qîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8242 sack, sackcloth
from the greatest	מִגְּדוֹלָ֖ם	mig·gə·ḏō·w·lām	Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1419 great
of them to	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the least	קְטַנָּֽם׃	qə·ṭan·nām	Adjective - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6996 small, young, unimportant

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.