So the people of Nineveh had emunah in Elohim, and proclaimed a tzom, and put on sackcloth, from their gedolim even to their ketanim. Mat 12:41; Luk 11:32
The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
NMVSo the people of Nineveh [abode of Ninus, or Offspring’s Habitation] believed God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
T4TThe people of Nineveh believed God’s message. They all decided that everyone should begin ◄fasting/abstaining from food►. So everyone, including important people and unimportant people, did that. They also put on coarse cloth, to show that they were sorry for having sinned.