## Ibn Ezra on Jonah Chapter 3

###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:1:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:1:1)

ויהי - פעם שנית.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And it was"- [for] a second time.


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:2:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:2:1)

קום - הוא יורה כי לא הלך דרך שתרחק נינוה, אם ישלחהו שנית ילך.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Get up"- He [God] is showing him [Yonah] that he did not go a way that distanced him from Nineveh [since the fish spat him out on the shore of Nineveh], [therefore] if He sends him a second time, he will go.


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:3:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:3:1)

ויקם - אמר רבי ישועה: כי הלכו אנשי הספינה אל נינוה והגידו דבר יונה, על כן האמינו ומלת לאלהים פירשתיה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And he got up": Rabbi Yeshuah said that the sailors went to Nineveh and spoke about [or, spoke the message of] Yonah. This is why they believed him, and the word "to god" explains this [to be the case].


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:3:2
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:3:2)

מהלך שלשה ימים - וסביב המדינה והוא מהלך יום אחד, מן הקצה אל הקצה, או לא הלך לקרא רק מהלך יום אחד על כן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"a three-day walk"- [to walk] around the city is a one day, [if one is only traveling] from one end to the other [and not throughout the entire city, as we might assume Yonah did], or [maybe] he did not walk [three days into the city] to call out, [rather he] only [walked] one day's walk because of this.


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:4:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:4:1)

ויחל - יש אומרים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And he started"- Some say:


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:4:2
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:4:2)

כי נהפכת – שנהפכה ממעשיה הרעים וזה דרש איננו נכון, רק הדבר, כמו: רגע אדבר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
that "overturned" [means] that it would overturn [itself] from [doing] it's evil actions, and this interpretation is not correct; [rather] the [interpretation of the] matter is only like [the verse]: "For a moment I speak [of a nation to be destroyed and smashed...]" (Jeremiah 18:7)


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:5:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:5:1)

ויאמינו - כמו: ויאמן העם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And they believed"- [this case is] like [it says in the verse]: "and the people believed" (Shemot 4:31).


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:5:2
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:5:2)

והטעם: באלהים – בדבר אלהים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
and the essence of [the meaning of the word]: "in God" is [that the believed] "in the word of God."


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:6:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:6:1)

ויגע - זה לפני לבוש השקים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And it reached"- this [was] before the donning of the sackcloth.


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:6:2
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:6:2)

ויעבר - הסיר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And he took off"- [this word ויעבר means] remove.


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:6:3
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:6:3)

ויכס - בשרו שק, כי הוא פועל יוצא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And he covered"- his flesh[himself] in sackcloth, [and this is not meant to be read that he simply "covered"], for this a transitive verb [which requires an object on which to act in the sentence, thus he covered himself].


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:7:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:7:1)

ויזעק, מטעם - מעצתו ודעתו ושכלו, כמו בשנותו את טעמו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And he cried" - [the understanding of this phrase stems] from the reasoning [that he screamed] from his counsel, knowledge, and intellect, like [it says in the verse] "[A Psalm of David,] when he changed his sanity [before Avimelech, and he drove him out and he left...]"(Tehillim 34:1).


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:8:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:8:1)

ויתכסו, ויקראו - האדם מי שהוא בן דעת, או מי שהוא שידע שעשה רע, או כמו אולי.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And they shall cover themselves," "and they shall call out [to God]"- [The king's proclamation said:] "Any man who is a knowledgeable person, or someone who knows they have done evil," or [the decree was saying] like [that which it says when Avraham entreated God regarding Sodom] "Perhaps [there are ten good men to be found there?]" (Bereshit 18:32).


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:8:2
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:8:2)

ומלת ושב – על השם הנכבד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And the word "and he will return" is [going] on the glorious name [of God].


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:10:1
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:10:1)

וירא האלהים - שיאמינו בו. וככה ביתרו: לפני האלהים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And God saw" - that they believed in him. And it [the people's belief] is like this [episode] in [Parshat] Yitro: "before God." (Shemot 18:12).


###### Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:10:2
[Ibn Ezra on Jonah 3:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Jonah/r/3:10:2)

וינחם - דברה תורה כלשון בני אדם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And he relented"- [In describing God with human attributes, the Torah here employs the principle] "The torah spoke like the language of human beings."