Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 41:1-7

1Nowוַיְהִ֣י׀vay.HiH1961itcameH935topassH935in theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יha.she.vi.'IH7637monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, thatIshmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyish.ma.'ElH3458thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNethaniahנְתַנְיָ֣הne.tan.YahH5418, thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofElishamaאֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע'e.li.sha.Ma'H476, of theseedמִזֶּ֣רַעmi.Ze.ra'H2233royalH4428, and one of the chief officers of thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, andtenוַעֲשָׂרָ֨הva.'a.sa.RahH6235menH376with him,cameH935untoGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֥הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhikamאֲחִיקָ֖ם'a.chi.KamH296toMizpahהַמִּצְפָּ֑תָהha.mitz.Pa.tahH4709; and there theydidH376eatוַיֹּ֨אכְלוּvai.Yo.khe.luH398breadלֶ֛חֶםLe.chemH3899togetherיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162inMizpahבַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃ba.mitz.PahH4709.

2Thenaroseוַיָּקָם֩vai.ya.KamH6965Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֨אלyish.ma.'ElH3458thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNethaniahנְתַנְיָ֜הne.tan.YahH5418, and thetenוַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235menH376that were with him, andsmoteH5221Gedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֨הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhikamאֲחִיקָ֧ם'a.chi.KamH296thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShaphanשָׁפָ֛ןsha.FanH8227with theswordבַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revH2719, andslewH5221him,whomH834thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894hadmadeהִפְקִ֥ידhif.KidH6485governor over thelandבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

3Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃yish.ma.'ElH3458alsoslewהִכָּ֖הhi.KahH5221allכָּל־kol-H3605theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that were with him,evenH853withGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ge.dal.Ya.huH1436, atMizpahבַּמִּצְפָּ֔הba.mitz.PahH4709, and theChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֖יםha.kas.DimH3778that werefoundנִמְצְאוּ־nim.tze.'u-H4672there,evenH853themenH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֔הha.mil.cha.MahH4421.

4And itcameH1961topassH1961thesecondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יha.she.NiH8145dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117afterH1961he had slainGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֑הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436, andnoלֹ֥אlo'H3808manוְאִ֖ישׁve.'IshH376knewיָדָֽע׃ya.Da'H3045it,

5that therecameוַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935certainH376fromShechemמִשְּׁכֶ֞םmi.she.KhemH7927, fromShilohמִשִּׁל֤וֹmi.shi.LoH7887, and fromSamariaוּמִשֹּֽׁמְרוֹן֙u.mi.sho.me.rOnH8111, even fourscoremenאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376, having theirbeardsזָקָ֛ןza.KanH2206shaven and theirclothesבְגָדִ֖יםve.ga.DimH899rent, and havingcutמְגֻלְּחֵ֥יme.gu.le.CheiH1548themselves, with oblations andfrankincenseוּלְבוֹנָה֙u.le.vo.NahH3828in theirhandבְּיָדָ֔םbe.ya.DamH3027, tobringלְהָבִ֖יאle.ha.Vi'H935them to thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

6AndIshmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֨אלyish.ma.'ElH3458thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNethaniahנְתַנְיָ֤הne.tan.YahH5418wentהֹלֵ֥ךְho.LekhH1980forthוַ֠יֵּצֵאVai.ye.tze'H3318fromMizpahהַמִּצְפָּ֔הha.mitz.PahH4709tomeetH6298them,weepingוּבֹכֶ֑הu.vo.KhehH1058allמִן־min-H4480alongאֹתָ֔ם'o.TamH853as hewentהָלֹ֖ךְha.LokhH1980: and itcameבֹּ֖אוּBo.'uH935topassH935, as hemetH6298them, hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,ComeH935toGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֥הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhikamאֲחִיקָֽם׃ ס'a.chi.KamH296.

7And it wassoוַיְהִ֕יvay.HiH1961, when theycameכְּבוֹאָ֖םke.vo.'AmH935intoאֶל־'el-H413themidstתּ֣וֹךְTokhH8432of thecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892, thatIshmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֤אלyish.ma.'ElH3458thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNethaniahנְתַנְיָה֙ne.tan.YahH5418slewוַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֞םvai.yish.cha.TemH7819them, and cast themintoאֶל־'el-H413themidstתּ֣וֹךְTokhH8432of thepitהַבּ֔וֹרha.BorH953, he, and themenH376that were with him.

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