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# the word of Yahweh came
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This is an idiom that means Yahweh spoke. "Yahweh spoke his message" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the word of Yahweh
"the message of Yahweh"
# Yahweh
This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
# Amittai
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This is the name of Jonah's father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city
"Go to the important city of Nineveh"
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# Get up and go
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This is a common expression for traveling to distant places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# speak out against it
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God is referring to the people of the city. AT: "warn the people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# their wickedness has risen up before me
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"I know they have been continually sinning"
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# got up to run away from the presence of Yahweh
"ran away from Yahweh." "got up" is referring to Jonah leaving where he was. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# the presence of Yahweh
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Here Yahweh is represented by his presence. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# go to Tarshish
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"and went to Tarshish." Tarshish was in the opposite direction to Nineveh. This can be made explicit. AT: "went in the opposite direction, toward Tarshish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# He went down to Joppa
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"Jonah went to Joppa"
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# ship
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A "ship" is a very large type of boat that can travel on the sea and carry many passengers or heavy cargo.
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# So he paid the fare
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"There Jonah paid for the trip"
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# boarded the ship
"got on the ship"
# with them
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The word "them" refers to the others who were going on the ship.
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# away from the presence of Yahweh
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Here Yahweh is represented by his presence. AT: "away from Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jonah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nineveh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tarshish]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joppa]]
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