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OSHB Yna (Jna) 3:6 נִינְוֵה (nīnəvēh) Strongs=5210 Lemma=‘נִינְוֵה’
contextual word gloss=‘of_Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Location=Nineveh Year=-862 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jonah

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Other uses (9) of identical word form נִינְוֵה (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִינְוֵה’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘Nineveh’, ‘of_Nineveh’.

GEN 10:11 contextual word gloss=‘Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB GEN 10:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 From the_earth/land the_that he _went _forth ʼAshshūr and_he/it _built DOM Nīnəvēh and_DOM Rəḩoⱱōt- Ir and_DOM Calah. (GEN_10:11)

OET-RV: 11 From that area he extended to Asshur where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehobot-Ir, Calah, (GEN 10:11)

GEN 10:12 contextual word gloss=‘Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB GEN 10:12 word 4

OET-LV: 12 And_DOM Resen between Nīnəvēh and_between Calah that the_city the_big/large/great(fs). (GEN_10:12)

OET-RV: 12 and Resen, between Nineveh and the large city of Calah. (GEN 10:12)

YNA (JNA) 1:2 contextual word gloss=‘Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB YNA (JNA) 1:2 word 4

OET-LV: 2 Arise go to Nīnəvēh the_city (the)_great and_call _out on/upon_it(f) if/because wickedness _of_their it _has _come _up before_me. (JNA_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 “Go now to the major city of Nineveh, and speak out against it because I’ve noticed how evil they are.” (JNA 1:2)

YNA (JNA) 3:2 contextual word gloss=‘Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB YNA (JNA) 3:2 word 4

OET-LV: 2 Arise go to Nīnəvēh the_city (the)_great and_call _out to_her/it DOM the_proclamation which I am_speaking to_you. (JNA_3:2)

OET-RV: 2 “Go now to the major city, Nineveh, and announce this declaration which I’ve told you.” (JNA 3:2)

YNA (JNA) 3:5 contextual word gloss=‘of_Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB YNA (JNA) 3:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 And_ the _people _of _they _believed of _Nīnəvēh in_god and_they _proclaimed a _fast and_they _wore sackcloth(s) from_their _of_great and_unto their _of_insignificant. (JNA_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 The people of Nineveh believed in God and announced a time of fasting, and from the least to the most important people, they just wore sackcloth as a sign of contrition. (JNA 3:5)

YNA (JNA) 4:11 contextual word gloss=‘Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB YNA (JNA) 4:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 And_I not will _I _have _compassion on Nīnəvēh the_city (the)_great which there_are in_it many more_than _two _plus ten ten _thousand person[s] who not he _distinguishes between hand _of_his _right and_his _of_left and_livestock much. (JNA_4:11)

OET-RV: 11 so shouldn’t I feel sorry for the huge city of Nineveh which has so many people in it who don’t know right from wrong—over 120,000 people, not to mention all the livestock!” (JNA 4:11)

NAH 1:1 contextual word gloss=‘of_Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB NAH 1:1 word 2

OET-LV: 1 The _oracle _of Nīnəvēh the _document _of the _vision _of Naḩūm the_ʼElqshiy. (NAH_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 This document is a declaration about Nineveh city which was given to Nahum from Elkosh as a vision. (NAH 1:1)

NAH 3:7 contextual word gloss=‘Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB NAH 3:7 word 8

OET-LV: 7 And_it _was all _of those _of_who_see _you he _will _flee from_you and_saying(ms) Nīnəvēh it _is _devastated who will _he _show _sympathy to/for_her/it from_where will _I _seek comforters to/for_you(fs). (NAH_3:7)

OET-RV: 7 Everyone who sees you will run away
⇔ and say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed.’
⇔ Who will weep for her?
⇔ Where can I find someone who’ll comfort her? (NAH 3:7)

ZEP 2:13 contextual word gloss=‘Nineveh’ word gloss=‘Nīnəvēh’ OSHB ZEP 2:13 word 10

OET-LV: 13 And_he _will _stretch _out his/its_hand on the_north and_he _will _destroy DOM ʼAshshūr and_he _will _make DOM Nīnəvēh (into)_a_waste a _dry _region like_wilderness. (ZEP_2:13)

OET-RV: ⇔  13 Yahweh will punish those in the north.
⇔ Yes, he’ll destroy Assyria.
⇔ ≈ He’ll turn Nineveh into ruins—
⇔ it’ll become a dry place like the desert. (ZEP 2:13)