מַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם (ma·‘ă·śê·hem) in Jonah 3:10: Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
מַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם (ma·‘ă·śê·hem) in Jonah 3:10
Source Word
At Jonah 3:10, the source token מַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם is H4639, N-mpc | 3mp. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Their actions represents the plural construct noun and its third-person plural suffix. God responds not merely to sackcloth or words but to the Ninevites' concrete abandonment of evil conduct.
How To Communicate It
Point from their actions to the explanatory clause they had turned, distinguishing evidence of repentance from merit.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not use the noun to teach works-righteousness or claim that God sees only externals.
- The noun can denote deeds, work, or conduct; the explanatory turning clause supplies its moral content.
- Read their actions within Jonah 3:10 as this H4639 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
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Masculine
Plural
Construct
3Mp
This possessed noun identifies evidence visible in the narrative; the finite verbs describe God seeing and the people turning.
The masculine plural construct noun carries a third masculine plural suffix, binding actions to the Ninevites collectively.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The Ninevites as the people whose actions God observes
The seeing clause clarified by their turning from evil ways
The plural construct noun with third-person suffix names their observable actions, which the next clause defines as turning from evil.
The phrase does not teach salvation by meritorious works or reduce repentance to outward performance.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: God responds not merely to sackcloth or words but to the Ninevites' concrete abandonment of evil conduct.
The masculine plural construct noun carries a third masculine plural suffix, binding actions to the Ninevites collectively.. The plural construct noun with third-person suffix names their observable actions, which the next clause defines as turning from evil.. Attached to the Ninevites as the people whose actions God observes. Governed by the seeing clause clarified by their turning from evil ways. The phrase does not teach salvation by meritorious works or reduce repentance to outward performance.
What actions does God see in Nineveh? The verse immediately explains them as the people's turning away from their evil ways.
Direct: Their actions represents the plural construct noun and its third-person plural suffix.
The noun can denote deeds, work, or conduct; the explanatory turning clause supplies its moral content. Corporate language describes the city's response without requiring that every individual act identically.
Actions earn divine mercy: The deeds demonstrate turning; the narrative attributes relenting to God's compassionate response. visible repentance is merely performative: God sees the turn from evil ways, not only public mourning symbols.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Jonah 3:10, the source token מַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם is H4639, N-mpc | 3mp. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
מַעֲשֶׂה is the lemma behind their actions here. Within Jonah 3:10, H4639 retains this exact lexical identity.
The masculine plural construct noun carries a third masculine plural suffix, binding actions to the Ninevites collectively.
God responds not merely to sackcloth or words but to the Ninevites' concrete abandonment of evil conduct.
Repentance bears observable fruit, yet mercy remains God's compassionate response rather than wages earned by deeds.
Point from their actions to the explanatory clause they had turned, distinguishing evidence of repentance from merit.
Do not use the noun to teach works-righteousness or claim that God sees only externals.