נִינְוֵה

נִינְוֵה proper name, of a location Nineveh, capital of Assyria (Assyrian Ninâ, Ninua, Ninû, compare Schr^{COT Glossary} Dl^{Par 260}); — 1 Mos 10,11; 1 Mos 10,12 (J), 2 Kong 19,36 = Es 37,37; Nah 1,1; Nah 2,9; Nah 3,7; Nah 3,3a; Jon 3,4; Jon 3,5; Jon 3,6; Jon 3,7, called הָעִיר הַגְּדוֺלָה vJon 3,3a 3b Jon 4,11 (compare 3a Jon 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