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Jonah 3:3

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh [about 800 km, more than a month's walk] in accordance with the word of the Lord (Yahweh). [This time he obeys, whereas the last time Jonah got up (Jonah 1:2) it was to flee to Tarshish] Nineveh was a very large city before God (Elohim), it took three days to walk through it.
[The expression "to walk around it or through it" is often perceived as a colorful description of the city's enormous size. However, both archaeological findings and historians such as Strabo describe the city as enormous, significantly larger than Babylon, with an outer circumference of about 80–90 km! This means that it literally took three days to walk around the city. The inner city wall was 12 kilometers long, and archaeologists today estimate that at most, about 200,000 people lived in the city, even more than Jonah states. Jonah visited it a decade or so before the city reached its peak under the rule of King Sennacherib (704-681 BC), see 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Chron. 32; Isaiah 37:37.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

וַיָּקָם   יוֹנָה   וַיֵּלֶךְ   אֶל   נִינְוֶה   כִּדְבַר   יְהוָה   וְנִינְוֵה   הָיְתָה   עִיר   גְּדוֹלָה   לֵאלֹהִים   מַהֲלַךְ   שְׁלֹשֶׁת   יָמִים  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

καὶ ἀνέστη Ιωνας καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Νινευη καθὼς ἐλάλησεν κύριος ἡ δὲ Νινευη ἦν πόλις μεγάλη τῷ θεῷ ὡσεὶ πορείας ὁδοῦ ἡμερῶν τριῶν

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H9001
H6965b
 וַ (va)
יָּ֣קָם (jaqam)
 seq
to arise
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
qal wayyiqtol 3p ♂ sing. qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) third person masculine singular

c
Vqw3ms
H3124
 יוֹנָ֗ה (jvónah)
 Jonah
Noun Noun
♂ masculine
Name/Place name/place

 Npm
H9001
H1980
 וַ (va)
יֵּ֛לֶךְ (jelekhe)
 seq
to go
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
qal wayyiqtol 3p ♂ sing. qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) third person masculine singular

c
Vqw3ms
H0413
H9014
 אֶל (el-)
־
to(wards)
link
Prep. Preposition

 R
H5210
 נִֽינְוֶ֖ה (nineve)
 Nineveh
Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 Npl
H9004
H1697
 כִּ (ki)
דְבַ֣ר (devar)
 like
word
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

R
Ncbsc
H3068
 יְהוָ֑ה (jehvah)
 YHWH Yahweh
Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 Npt
H9002
H5210
 וְ (ve)
נִֽינְוֵ֗ה (nineve)
 and
Nineveh
Conj. Conjunktion

Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 C
Npl
H1961
 הָיְתָ֤ה (hajetah)
 to be
Verb Verb
qal qatal 3p ♀ sing. qal qatal third person feminine singular

Vqp3fs
H5892b
H9014
 עִיר (ir-)
־
city
link
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncbsa
H1419a
 גְּדוֹלָה֙ (gedvólah)
 great
Adj. Adjective
♀ sing. feminine singular Absolute state

 Aafsa
H9005
H0430
 לֵֽ (le)
אלֹהִ֔ים (lóhim)
 to
God
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 R
Ncmpa
H4109
 מַהֲלַ֖ךְ (mahalakhe)
 journey
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H7969
 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (shelóshet)
 three
Noun Noun
♀ sing. gen. feminine singular Construct state

Ncfsc
H3117
H9016
 יָמִֽים (jamim)
׃
day
verseEnd
Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Ncmpa

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