Jonah 4:11
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? ”
יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
יָמִין
right hand/ his
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יָמִין
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
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יֵשׁ
there
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יֵשׁ
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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עָשָׂר
ten
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עָשָׂר
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
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רַב
much
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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חוּס
will I have compassion?
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חוּס
properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
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רִבּוֹ
ten thousand
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רִבּוֹ
a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number
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רָבָה
are many
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רָבָה
to increase (in whatever respect)
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נִינְוֵה
Nineveh
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נִינְוֵה
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
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