5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jonah 3:5:1 ⧉וַֽיַּאֲמִ֛ינוּvayaaminuand they believed Jonah 3:5:2 ⧉אַנְשֵׁ֥יanshemen of Jonah 3:5:3 ⧉נִֽינְוֵ֖הninveNineveh Jonah 3:5:4 ⧉בֵּֽאלֹהִ֑יםbelohimin God Jonah 3:5:5 ⧉וַיִּקְרְאוּ־צוֹם֙vayikreutsomand they proclaimed a fast Jonah 3:5:6 ⧉וַיִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּvayilbeshuand they put on Jonah 3:5:7 ⧉שַׂקִּ֔יםsakkimsackcloths Jonah 3:5:8 ⧉מִגְּדוֹלָ֖םmigedolamfrom their great one or from their greatest Jonah 3:5:9 ⧉וְעַד־קְטַנָּֽם׃veadketannamand unto their small one or and unto their least |
5. Formal Translation And the people of Nineveh believed in God {Elohim, Righteous Judge}, and they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloths from the greatest among them to the least. |
5. Dynamic Translation The people of Nineveh believed God {Elohim, Divine Authority}. They announced a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest to the least among them. |