Jonah

Jonah 3:7

⁷Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:

Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then he issued a proclamation	וַיַּזְעֵ֗ק	way·yaz·‘êq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2199 cry, cry out, call
in Nineveh	בְּנִֽינְוֵ֔ה	bə·nî·nə·wêh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5210 Nineveh
By the decree	מִטַּ֧עַם	miṭ·ṭa·‘am	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2940 taste, judgement
of the king	הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
and his nobles	וּגְדֹלָ֖יו	ū·ḡə·ḏō·lāw	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1419 great
Let no	אַֽל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
man	הָאָדָ֨ם	hā·’ā·ḏām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
or beast	וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה	wə·hab·bə·hê·māh	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H929 beast, animal, cattle
herd	הַבָּקָ֣ר	hab·bā·qār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1241 cattle, herd, ox
or flock	וְהַצֹּ֗אן	wə·haṣ·ṣōn	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
taste	יִטְעֲמוּ֙	yiṭ·‘ă·mū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2938 taste, perceive
anything at all	מְא֔וּמָה	mə·’ū·māh	Noun - masculine singular	H3972 anything
They must not	אַ֨ל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
eat	יִרְע֔וּ	yir·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
or drink	יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃	yiš·tū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8354 drink

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Chronicles 20:3 · Jonah 3:5 · Joel 1:18 · Joel 2:15–16 · Ezra 8:21 · Romans 8:20–22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.