Hebrew Interlinear

Jonah 3:4 Interlinear

began And Jonah to enter into the city journey day's a and he cried and said Yet forty day's and Nineveh shall be overthrown

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיָּ֤חֶלH2490beganproperly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
2יוֹנָה֙H3124And Jonahjonah, an israelite
3לָב֣וֹאH935to enterto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
4בָעִ֔ירH5892into the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
5מַהֲלַ֖ךְH4109journeya walk, i.e., a passage or a distance
6י֔וֹםH3117day'sa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
7אֶחָ֑דH259aproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
8וַיִּקְרָא֙H7121and he criedto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
9וַיֹּאמַ֔רH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
10ע֚וֹדH5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
11אַרְבָּעִ֣יםH705Yet fortyforty
12י֔וֹםH3117day'sa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
13וְנִֽינְוֵ֖הH5210and Ninevehnineveh, the capital of assyria
14נֶהְפָּֽכֶת׃H2015shall be overthrownto turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

Verse Context

Jonah 3:3arose So Jonah Now Nineveh according to the word...
Jonah 3:4 (current)began And Jonah to enter into the city journey day's a and he cried and said Yet forty day's and Nineveh shall be overthrown
Jonah 3:5believed of Nineveh God and proclaimed a fast...

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