נִינְוֵה proper name, of a location Nineveh, capital of Assyria (Assyrian Ninâ, Ninua, Ninû, compare Schr^{COT Glossary} Dl^{Par 260}); — Genesis 10:11,12 (J), 2 Kings 19:36 = Isaiah 37:37; Nahum 1:1; Nahum 2:9; Nahum 3:7; Zephaniah 2:13; Jonah 1:2; Jonah 3:3a; Jonah 3:4,5,6,7, called הָעִיר הַגְּדוֺלָה Jonah 3:3a 3b Jonah 4:11 (compare 3a Jonah 3:4f.); ᵐ5 Νινευη, ᵐ5^L Νινευι. Site on east bank of Tigris marked by mounds Neby Yunus and Kuyundjik, opposite Mosul. compare Layard^{Nineveh and its Remains, 1848; Monuments of Nineveh 1849 f.} Billerbeck u. Jeremias^{BAS iii. 1 (1895), 107 ff}.

ניס see נוס

Qal 1. near the end.