--- title: Jonah 3 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Jonah chapter 3 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jonah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON/) / chapter 3 # Jonah 3 10 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.1/) — וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־יוֹנָה שֵׁנִית לֵאמֹֽר׃ — And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying: - [3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.2/) — קוּם לֵךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵה הָעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה וִּקְרָאאֵלֶיהָ אֶת־הַקְּרִיאָה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי דֹּבֵר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ — 'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.' - [3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.3/) — וַיָּקָם יוֹנָה וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֶהכִּדְבַר יְהוָה וְנִֽינְוֵה הָיְתָה עִיר־גְּדוֹלָה לֵֽאלֹהִים מַהֲלַךְ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִֽים׃ — So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey. - [3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.4/) — וַיָּחֶל יוֹנָה לָבוֹא בָעִיר מַהֲלַךְ יוֹם אֶחָד וַיִּקְרָא וַיֹּאמַר עוֹד אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְנִֽינְוֵה נֶהְפָּֽכֶת׃ — And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said: 'Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.' - [3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.5/) — וַֽיַּאֲמִינוּ אַנְשֵׁי נִֽינְוֵה בֵּֽאלֹהִים וַיִּקְרְאוּ־צוֹם וַיִּלְבְּשׁוּ שַׂקִּים מִגְּדוֹלָם וְעַד־קְטַנָּֽם׃ — And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. - [3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.6/) — וַיִּגַּע הַדָּבָר אֶל־מֶלֶךנִֽינְוֵה וַיָּקָם מִכִּסְאוֹ וַיַּעֲבֵר אַדַּרְתּוֹ מֵֽעָלָיו וַיְכַס שַׂק וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הָאֵֽפֶר׃ — And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. - [3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.7/) — וַיַּזְעֵק וַיֹּאמֶר בְּנִֽינְוֵה מִטַּעַם הַמֶּלֶךְ וּגְדֹלָיו לֵאמֹר הָאָדָם וְהַבְּהֵמָה הַבָּקָר וְהַצֹּאן אַֽל־יִטְעֲמוּ מְאוּמָה אַל־יִרְעוּ וּמַיִם אַל־יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ — And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying: 'Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water; - [3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.8/) — וְיִתְכַּסּוּ שַׂקִּים הָֽאָדָם וְהַבְּהֵמָה וְיִקְרְאוּ אֶל־אֱלֹהִים בְּחָזְקָה וְיָשֻׁבוּ אִישׁ מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָֽרָעָה וּמִן־הֶחָמָס אֲשֶׁר בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃ — but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. - [3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.9/) — מִֽי־יוֹדֵעַ יָשׁוּב וְנִחַם הָאֱלֹהִים וְשָׁב מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְלֹא נֹאבֵֽד׃ — Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?' - [3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.10/) — וַיַּרְא הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶֽת־מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם כִּי־שָׁבוּ מִדַּרְכָּם הָרָעָה וַיִּנָּחֶם הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר לַעֲשׂוֹת־לָהֶם וְלֹא עָשָֽׂה׃ — And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, which He said He would do unto them; and He did it not. - ← previous: [Jonah 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON/2/) - next →: [Jonah 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON/4/) - ↑ back to [Jonah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON/)