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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 ארבעים (arba'im) itself that directly implies multiplication by ten. The number forty in Hebrew is derived from the word for four (ארבע, arba) with the plural form -ים added, meaning "fours" or "four(s)" in a literal sense.

Here’s how it works:

  • ארבע (arba) = four.
  • ארבעים (arba'im) is the plural form, which translates literally as "fours."