Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 38:7-13

7Nowכִּֽי־ki-H3588whenEbed-melechH5663theEthiopianהַכּוּשִׁ֜יha.ku.ShiH3569, aneunuchסָרִ֗יסsa.RisH5631,whichוְהוּא֙ve.Hu'H1931was in theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004,heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֡עvai.yish.Ma'H8085that they hadputנָתְנ֥וּna.te.NuH5414Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414in the dungeon; thekingוְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428thensittingיוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevH3427in thegateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179ofBenjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144;

8Ebed-melechH5663wentH3318forthH3318outH3318of theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004, and spake to thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

9Mylordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,theseהָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ha.'E.lehH428menH376havedoneH6213evilהֵרֵ֜עוּhe.Re.'uH7489inallכָּל־kol-H3605that they havedoneH6213toJeremiahלְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּle.yir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'H5030,whomאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834they havecastהִשְׁלִ֖יכוּhish.Li.khuH7993intoאֶל־'el-H413the dungeon; and he is like todieוַיָּ֤מָתvai.Ya.motH4191in theplaceתַּחְתָּיו֙tach.TavH8478whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he isbecauseכִּ֣יkiH3588of thefamineהָֽרָעָ֔בha.ra.'AvH7458: for there isnoאֵ֥ין'einH369moreע֖וֹדodH5750breadהַלֶּ֛חֶםha.Le.chemH3899in thecityבָּעִֽיר׃ba.'IrH5892.

10Then thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיְצַוֶּ֣הvay.tza.VehH6680Ebed-melechH5663theEthiopianהַכּוּשִׁ֖יha.ku.ShiH3569,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Takeקַ֣חkachH3947from hencethirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970menH376with thee, andtakeH3947upוְֽהַעֲלִ֜יתָve.ha.'a.Li.taH5927Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֧הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִ֛יאha.na.Vi'H5030outמִן־min-H4480of the dungeon,beforeבְּטֶ֥רֶםbe.Te.remH2962hedieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

11SoH3947Ebed-melechH5663tookH3947themenH376with him, andwentוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935intoH413thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004of thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478thetreasuryהָאוֹצָ֔רha.'o.TzarH214, andtookH3947thence oldcastH7971clouts and old rottenragsמְלָחִ֑יםme.la.ChimH4418, andletH7971themdownH7971bycordsבַּחֲבָלִֽים׃ba.cha.va.LimH2256intoH413the dungeon toJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֛הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414.

12AndEbed-melechH5663theEthiopianהַכּוּשִׁ֜יha.ku.ShiH3569saidוַיֹּ֡אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,Putשִׂ֣יםsimH7760nowנָ֠אna'H4994theseH7760old cast clouts and rottenragsוְהַמְּלָחִים֙ve.ha.me.la.ChimH4418underתַּ֚חַתTa.chatH8478thine armholesunderמִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478thecordsלַחֲבָלִ֑יםla.cha.va.LimH2256. AndJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414didוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213soכֵּֽן׃KenH3651.

13SoH4480theydrewוַיִּמְשְׁכ֤וּvai.yim.she.KhuH4900upH5927Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414with thecordsבַּֽחֲבָלִ֔יםba.cha.va.LimH2256, andtookH853himupH5927outH4480of the dungeon: andJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414remainedוַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in thecourtבַּחֲצַ֖רba.cha.TzarH2691of theguardהַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ סha.ma.ta.RahH4307.

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