Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. Young's Literal Translation And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least, King James Bible So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. Hebrew And the Ninevitesנִֽינְוֵ֖ה (nî·nə·wêh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr believed וַֽיַּאֲמִ֛ינוּ (way·ya·’ă·mî·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 539: To confirm, support God. בֵּֽאלֹהִ֑ים (bê·lō·hîm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative They proclaimed וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ (way·yiq·rə·’ū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read a fast צוֹם֙ (ṣō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6685: Fasting, a fast and dressed וַיִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּ (way·yil·bə·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe in sackcloth, שַׂקִּ֔ים (śaq·qîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag from the greatest מִגְּדוֹלָ֖ם (mig·gə·ḏō·w·lām) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent of them to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the least. קְטַנָּֽם׃ (qə·ṭan·nām) Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant |
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