Jonah 3:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, ‘Man and beast, herd and flock—let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;

King James Bible
And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

Hebrew
Then he issued a proclamation
וַיַּזְעֵ֗ק (way·yaz·‘êq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly

in Nineveh:
בְּנִֽינְוֵ֔ה (bə·nî·nə·wêh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr

“By the decree
מִטַּ֧עַם (miṭ·ṭa·‘am)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate

of the king
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

and his nobles:
וּגְדֹלָ֖יו (ū·ḡə·ḏō·lāw)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

Let no
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

man
הָאָדָ֨ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

or beast,
וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה (wə·hab·bə·hê·māh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

herd
הַבָּקָ֣ר (hab·bā·qār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

or flock,
וְהַצֹּ֗אן (wə·haṣ·ṣōn)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

taste
יִטְעֲמוּ֙ (yiṭ·‘ă·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2938: To taste, to perceive

anything at all.
מְא֔וּמָה (mə·’ū·māh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3972: A speck, point, nothing

They must not
אַ֨ל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

eat
יִרְע֔וּ (yir·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

or drink.
יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (yiš·tū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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