Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 38:4-6

4Then theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֜יםha.sa.RimH8269saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,LetH4994thismanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376,weH3588prayH4994thee, beputי֣וּמַתYu.matH4191todeathH4191; forasmuch as he weakeneth thehandsיְדֵי֩ye.DeiH3027of themenהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֜הha.mil.cha.MahH4421thatremainהַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים׀ha.nish.'a.RimH7604in thiscityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892, and thehandsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027ofallכָל־khol-H3605thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, inspeakingלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696suchH2088wordsכַּדְּבָרִ֖יםka.de.va.RimH1697unto them: for thismanH376seekethnotאֵינֶ֨נּוּ'ei.Ne.nuH369thewelfareלְשָׁל֛וֹםle.sha.LomH7965of thispeopleלָעָ֥םla.'AmH5971, but the hurt.

5AndZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009, he is in yourhandבְּיֶדְכֶ֑םbe.yed.KhemH3027: for thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428isnotH3201he thatcanH3201doH3201anyאֵ֣ין'einH369thingדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697againstH854youכִּֽי־ki-H3588.

6Thentookוַיִּקְח֣וּvai.yik.ChuH3947theyJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414, andcastH7993himintoאֶל־'el-H413the dungeon ofMalchijahמַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּmal.ki.Ya.huH4441the king’ssonבֶן־ven-H1121, that was in thecourtבַּחֲצַ֣רba.cha.TzarH2691of theguardהַמַּטָּרָ֔הha.ma.ta.RahH4307: and theyletוַיְשַׁלְּח֥וּvay.sha.le.ChuH7971downH7993Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414withcordsבַּחֲבָלִ֑יםba.cha.va.LimH2256. And in the dungeon there wasnoאֵֽין־'ein-H369waterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325, butmireטִ֔יטTitH2916: andJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414sankוַיִּטְבַּ֥עvai.yit.Ba'H2883in themireבַּטִּֽיט׃ סba.TitH2916.

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