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## translationWords
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* [[en:tw:compassion]]
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* [[en:tw:labor]]
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* [[en:tw:nineveh]]
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* [[en:tw:yahweh]]
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## translationNotes
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* **Yahweh said** - "Yahweh said to Jonah"
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* **perished** - "died"
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* **should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city** - God used this question to emphasize his claim that he should have compassion on Nineveh. In some languages it is more natural to use a statement to express the emphasis: "I certainly should have compassion for Nineveh, that important city." (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion]])
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* **in which there are more** - This can also be the beginning of a new sentence. "There are more" or "It has more."
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* **120 thousand people** - 120,000 people (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers]])
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* **cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand** - This may be a way of saying "cannot discern between right and wrong."
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* **cannot discern between** - "cannot tell which is" (UDB) or "do not know which is"
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* **and also many cattle?** - "and there are also many cattle."
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