Hebrew Interlinear

Jonah 3:8 Interlinear

be covered with sackcloth But let man and beast and cry unto God mightily yea let them turn every one way from his evil and from the violence that is in their hands

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1וְיִתְכַּסּ֣וּH3680be coveredproperly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
2שַׂקִּ֗יםH8242with sackclothproperly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai
3הָֽאָדָם֙H120But let manruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
4וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔הH929and beastproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
5וְיִקְרְא֥וּH7121and cryto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
6אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
7אֱלֹהִ֖יםH430unto Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
8בְּחָזְקָ֑הH2394mightilyvehemence (usually in a bad sense)
9וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּH7725yea let them turnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
10אִ֚ישׁH376every onea man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
11מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹH1870waya road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
12הָֽרָעָ֔הH7451from his evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
13וּמִןH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
14הֶחָמָ֖סH2555and from the violenceviolence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
15אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
16בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃H3709that is in their handsthe hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-

Verse Context

Jonah 3:7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles...
Jonah 3:8 (current)be covered with sackcloth But let man and beast and cry unto God mightily yea let them turn every one way from his evil and from the violence that is in their hands
Jonah 3:9 Who can tell and turn away and repent if God and turn away...

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