Jeremiah 38
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Jeremiah 38:7-9

7Now when Ebed–melechH5663the Ethiopianהַכּוּשִׁ֜יha.ku.ShiH3569,oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of the eunuchsסָרִ֗יסsa.RisH5631which was in the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004,heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֡עvai.yish.Ma'H8085that they had putנָתְנ֥וּna.te.NuH5414Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414in the dungeonהַבּ֑וֹרha.BorH953;the kingוְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428then sittingיוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevH3427in the gateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144;
8Ebed–melechH5663went forthוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318out of the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004,and spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696to the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,
9My lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,these menהָאֲנָשִׁ֤יםha.'a.na.ShimH582have done evilהֵרֵ֜עוּhe.Re.'uH7489in all that they have doneעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213to Jeremiahלְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּle.yir.me.Ya.huH3414the prophetהַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'H5030,whom they have castהִשְׁלִ֖יכוּhish.Li.khuH7993into the dungeonהַבּ֑וֹרha.BorH953;and he is like to dieוַיָּ֤מָתvai.Ya.motH4191forמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440hungerהָֽרָעָ֔בha.ra.'AvH7458in the placeתַּחְתָּיו֙tach.TavH8478where he is: for there isno more breadהַלֶּ֛חֶםha.Le.chemH3899in the cityבָּעִֽיר׃ba.'IrH5892.
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