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Jeremiah 38:4-6

4Therefore the princesהַשָּׂרִ֜יםha.sa.RimH8269saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto the kingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,We beseech thee, let this manהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376be put to deathי֣וּמַתYu.matH4191:for thusכֵּ֡ןkenH3651he weakenethמְרַפֵּ֡אme.ra.Pe'H7503the handsיְדֵי֩ye.DeiH3027of the menאַנְשֵׁ֨י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֜הha.mil.cha.MahH4421that remainהַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים׀ha.nish.'a.RimH7604in this cityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892,and the handsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027of all the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,in speakingלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696such wordsכַּדְּבָרִ֖יםka.de.va.RimH1697unto them: for this manהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376seekethדֹרֵ֧שׁdo.ReshH1875not the welfareלְשָׁל֛וֹםle.sha.LomH7965of this peopleלָעָ֥םla.'AmH5971,but the hurtלְרָעָֽה׃le.ra.'AhH7451.

5Then Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, Behold, he isin your handבְּיֶדְכֶ֑םbe.yed.KhemH3027:for the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428is not he thatcanיוּכַ֥לyu.KhalH3201do anythingדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697against you.

6Then tookוַיִּקְח֣וּvai.yik.ChuH3947they Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,and castוַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993him into the dungeonהַבּ֣וֹר׀ha.BorH953of Malchiahמַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּmal.ki.Ya.huH4441the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Hammelechהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, that wasin the courtבַּחֲצַ֣רba.cha.TzarH2691of the prisonהַמַּטָּרָ֔הha.ma.ta.RahH4307:and they let downוַיְשַׁלְּח֥וּvay.sha.le.ChuH7971Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414with cordsבַּחֲבָלִ֑יםba.cha.va.LimH2256.And in the dungeonוּבַבּ֤וֹרu.va.BorH953there wasno waterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325,but mireטִ֔יטTitH2916:so Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414sunkוַיִּטְבַּ֥עvai.yit.Ba'H2883in the mireבַּטִּֽיט׃ סba.TitH2916.

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