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Jonah analyzes and interpreting the Hebrew text of Jonah—allowing pastors to quickly grasp the big ideas of each passage and how they fit in Jonah and the Old Testament’s greater context. Kevin J. Youngblood demonstrates the many linguistic connections between words and expressions in the book of Jonah itself, as well as within many other passages in both the Old and New Testaments.

17:2, 8; 18:1; 21:17).15 These examples bear close resemblance to the commission found in Jonah 1:1–3 and suggest a close relationship between these prophetic accounts and the narrative of Jonah. Jonah’s name (yônâ) is the Hebrew word for “dove.” Personal names derived from animal nomenclature are well attested in Hebrew as well as in other Afro-Asiatic languages.16 Their significance, however, is unknown. The prophet Jonah is the only Old Testament character to wear this name. His father’s name,
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