Jonah 3:5
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Berean Study Bible
And 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 Ninevites
נִֽינְוֵ֖ה (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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