נִינְוֵה

Genesis 10:11 נִ֣ינְוֵ֔ה Nineveh

From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:12 נִֽינְוֵ֖ה Nineveh

and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

2 Kings 19:36 בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃ in Nineveh

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Isaiah 37:37 בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃ in Nineveh

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Jonah 1:2 נִֽינְוֵ֛ה Nineveh

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”

Here: The great Assyrian city on the Tigris, opposite modern Mosul. To an Israelite ear the name meant the heartland of the empire that would destroy the northern kingdom.

Jonah 3:2 נִֽינְוֵ֖ה Nineveh

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”

Here: The great Assyrian city on the Tigris, opposite modern Mosul. For Israelite hearers the name carried the memory of the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom and ravaged Judah.

Jonah 3:3 נִֽינְוֶ֖ה וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה Nineveh, and Nineveh

This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.

Jonah 3:4 וְנִֽינְוֵ֖ה and Nineveh

On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”

Jonah 3:5 נִֽינְוֵ֖ה Nineveh

And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

Here: The great Assyrian city on the Tigris, the capital of the empire that crushed Israel. A Hebrew hearer felt the shock: these of all people take God's word seriously.

Jonah 3:6 נִֽינְוֵ֔ה Nineveh

When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Here: The 'great city' of Assyria on the Tigris (opposite modern Mosul). 'King of Nineveh' is an unusual title, because Assyrian rulers called themselves 'king of Assyria' (see debates).

Jonah 3:7 בְּנִֽינְוֵ֔ה in Nineveh

Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.

Jonah 4:11 נִינְוֵ֖ה Nineveh

So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”

Here: The great Assyrian city on the Tigris (opposite modern Mosul). Assyria was the empire that crushed and deported the northern kingdom of Israel, so for Israelite hearers the name meant the enemy.

Nahum 1:1 נִֽינְוֵ֑ה Nineveh

This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

Here: The great Assyrian capital, the target of the message. Hebrew simply joins the two words, 'oracle-of Nineveh', and the sense is an oracle about Nineveh, not one from it. The Hebrew accent marks a major pause here, closing the first half of the title.

Nahum 2:8 וְנִינְוֵ֥ה and Nineveh

Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Here: The Assyrian capital on the east bank of the Tigris, named outright for the first time in this chapter. The 'and' can mark a contrast ('but Nineveh'), setting her old stability against what is happening now.

Nahum 3:7 נִֽינְוֵ֔ה Nineveh

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Zephaniah 2:13 נִֽינְוֵה֙ Nineveh

And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

Here: Assyria's royal capital on the Tigris, rebuilt on a vast scale by Sennacherib (c. 700 BC). It was the largest city in the world of its day and the symbol of imperial power.