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# The word of Yahweh came
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This is an idiom that means Yahweh spoke. See how you translated this in [Jonah 1:1 ](../01/01.md ). AT: "Yahweh spoke his message" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the word of Yahweh
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Here "word" represents Yahweh's message. AT: "the message of Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city
"Go to the important city of Nineveh"
# Get up
This refers to leaving the place one is at. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# proclaim to it the message that I command you to give
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"tell the people what I tell you to tell them"
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# So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of Yahweh
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"This time Jonah obeyed Yahweh and went to Nineveh"
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# So Jonah got up
"So Jonah left the beach." "got up" refers to leaving the place Jonah was at. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# Now
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This word is used here to mark a change from the story to information about Nineveh.
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# one of three days' journey
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"a city of three days' journey." A person had to walk for three days to completely go through it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/nineveh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proclaim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey]]
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