נִינְוֵה

נִינְוֵה proper name, of a location Nineveh, capital of Assyria (Assyrian Ninâ, Ninua, Ninû, compare Schr^{COT Glossary} Dl^{Par 260}); — Gen 10:11; Gen 10:12 (J), 2Kgs 19:36 = Isa 37:37; Nah 1:1; Nah 2:9; Nah 3:7; Nah 3:3a; Jonah 3:4; Jonah 3:5; Jonah 3:6; Jonah 3:7, called הָעִיר הַגְּדוֺלָה vJonah 3:3a 3b Jonah 4:11 (compare 3a Jonah 3:4f.); ᵐ5 Νινευη, ᵐ5^L Νινευι. Site on east bank of Tigris marked by mounds Neby Yunus and Kuyundjik, opposite Mosul. compare Layard^{Nineveh and its Remains, 1848; Monuments of Nineveh 1849 f.} Billerbeck u. Jeremias^{BAS iii. 1 (1895), 107 ff}.

ניס see נוס