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Jeremiah 37:20-21

20Therefore hearשְֽׁמַֽע־she.ma'-H8085now, I pray thee, O my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428:let my supplicationתְחִנָּתִי֙te.chi.na.TiH8467,I pray thee, be acceptedתִּפָּל־ti.pol-H5307beforeלְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee; that thou cause me not to returnתְּשִׁבֵ֗נִיte.shi.Ve.niH7725to the houseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004of Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֣ןye.ho.na.TanH3083the scribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608,lest I dieאָמ֖וּת'a.MutH4191there.

21Then Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֗הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיְצַוֶּ֞הvay.tza.VehH6680that they should commitוַיַּפְקִ֣דוּvai.yaf.Ki.duH6485Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּ֮yir.me.ya.HuH3414into the courtבַּחֲצַ֣רba.cha.TzarH2691of the prisonהַמַּטָּרָה֒ha.ma.ta.RahH4307,and that they should giveוְנָתֹן֩ve.na.TonH5414him dailyלַיּוֹם֙lai.yOmH3117a pieceכִכַּר־khi.kar-H3603of breadלֶ֤חֶםLe.chemH3899out of the bakers’הָאֹפִ֔יםha.'o.FimH644streetמִח֣וּץmi.ChutzH2351,until all the breadהַלֶּ֖חֶםha.Le.chemH3899in the cityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892were spentתֹּ֥םtomH8552.Thus Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414remainedוַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in the courtבַּחֲצַ֖רba.cha.TzarH2691of the prisonהַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ha.ma.ta.RahH4307.

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