Jonah 3:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֤רְא הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶֽת־מַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם כִּי־שָׁ֖בוּ מִדַּרְכָּ֣ם הָרָעָ֑ה וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים עַל־הָרָעָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר לַעֲשׂוֹת־לָהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א עָשָֽׂה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyarʾ the-ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-maʿăśêhem that-šāḇû from-darkām the-rāʿāh and-wayyinnāḥem the-ʾĕlōhîm on-the-rāʿāh ʾăšer-dibber to-laʿăśôṯ-to-them and-not ʿāśāh.

Grammar Details

*wayyarʾ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he saw
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the God
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*maʿăśêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their works/deeds
*šāḇû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they turned/returned
*darkām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and preposition - from their way
*rāʿāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article and preposition - concerning the evil/calamity
*wayyinnāḥem*: waw-consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he relented/was sorry
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*dibber*: piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he had spoken
*laʿăśôṯ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to do/bring
*ʿāśāh*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with negative particle - he did not do

Word Meanings

*wayyarʾ*: and he saw/observed/perceived
*maʿăśêhem*: their deeds/actions/works
*šāḇû*: they turned/returned/repented
*wayyinnāḥem*: and he relented/changed his mind/was sorry
*rāʿāh*: evil/calamity/disaster/harm

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Referenced Verses

Jer 18:8 : 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Amos 7:6 : 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Exod 32:14 : 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Amos 7:3 : 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Job 33:27-28 : 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Joel 2:13 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Luke 11:32 : 32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Luke 15:20 : 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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