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Jeremiah 38:24-27

24Then saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667unto Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,Let no manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376knowיֵדַ֥עye.Da'H3045of these wordsבַּדְּבָֽרִים־ba.de.va.rim-H1697,and thou shalt not dieתָמֽוּת׃ta.MutH4191.

25But if the princesהַשָּׂרִים֮ha.sa.RimH8269hearיִשְׁמְע֣וּyish.me.'UH8085that I have talkedדִבַּ֣רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696with thee, and they comeוּבָ֣אוּu.Va.'uH935unto thee, and sayוְֽאָמְר֪וּve.'a.me.RuH559unto thee, Declareהַגִּֽידָה־ha.gi.dah-H5046unto us now what thou hast saidדִּבַּ֧רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696unto the kingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,hideתְּכַחֵ֥דte.kha.ChedH3582it not from us, and we will not put thee to deathנְמִיתֶ֑ךָne.mi.Te.khaH4191;also what the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428saidדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696unto thee:

26Then thou shalt sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them, I presentedמַפִּיל־ma.pil-H5307my supplicationתְחִנָּתִ֖יte.chi.na.TiH8467beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,that he would not cause me to returnהֲשִׁיבֵ֛נִיha.shi.Ve.niH7725to Jonathan’sיְהוֹנָתָ֖ןye.ho.na.TanH3083houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004,to dieלָמ֥וּתla.MutH4191there.

27Then cameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935all the princesהַשָּׂרִ֤יםha.sa.RimH8269unto Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414,and askedוַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּvai.yish.'a.LuH7592him: and he toldוַיַּגֵּ֤דvai.ya.GedH5046them according to all these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697that the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428had commandedצִוָּ֖הtzi.VahH6680.So they left off speakingוַיַּחֲרִ֣שׁוּvai.ya.cha.Ri.shuH2790with him; for the matterהַדָּבָֽר׃ פha.da.VarH1697was not perceivedנִשְׁמַ֖עnish.Ma'H8085.

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