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Jonah 3:4

A transformation
And Dove is piercing through a walking course of one day to enter in within the City, and he is reading and he is saying, "A repeat of fours of a day,1 and House of Fish ("Nineveh"), is she who is being overturned!"
A repeat of "fours" of a day, and her night is over turned
"40 night" | "40 day"

Footnote:

Jon. 3:4

There is nothing in the word ืืจื‘ืขื™ื (arba'im) itself that directly implies multiplication by ten. The number forty in Hebrew is derived from the word for four (ืืจื‘ืข, arba) with the plural form -ื™ื added, meaning "fours" or "four(s)" in a literal sense.

Here’s how it works:

  • ืืจื‘ืข (arba) = four.
  • ืืจื‘ืขื™ื (arba'im) is the plural form, which translates literally as "fours."