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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
Oh, thanks for playing, but that was not the answer we were looking for! The New International Version, King James Version (least reliable), New King James Version and the New American Standard all say Jonah was swallowed by a "great fish".
You were perhaps confused by the story of Pinocchio, who was indeed swallowed by a whale.
You probably also think that Noah took 2 of every animal into the ark with him.  |
Oh, thank YOU for playing, but the Hebrew term 'dahg', commonly translated as 'fish', is the generic term of a desert people for swimming sea creatures.
Ancient cultures generally did not distinguish in thought or concept between mammalian and non-mammalian sea creatures, and so the use of the term 'dahg' would not exclude a whale.
Jerome's vulgate (early 5th century Latin translation) introduces the term 'cetus' in this context, from which word the study of whales (cetology) derives its name.
Although I don't believe the story, it is more plausible to claim that an individual was swallowed whole by a whale rather than a shark.
You are probably confused: the story of Pinocchio is fiction, so no one was
indeed swallowed by a whale (though Pinocchio was in the story).
