Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 41:5-9

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.

8Buttenוַעֲשָׂרָ֨הva.'a.sa.RahH6235menH376werefoundנִמְצְאוּ־nim.tze.'u-H4672among them thatsaidוַיֹּאמְר֤וּvai.yo.me.RuH559untoIshmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yish.ma.'eLH3458,SlayH4191usאֶל־'el-H413notH3808: forweכִּֽי־ki-H3588havestoresH4301hiddenH4301in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704, ofwheatחִטִּ֥יםchi.TimH2406, and ofbarleyוּשְׂעֹרִ֖יםu.se.'o.RimH8184, and ofoilוְשֶׁ֣מֶןve.She.menH8081, and ofhoneyוּדְבָ֑שׁu.de.VashH1706.SoH3808he forbare, and slew themnotH3808among theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃'a.chei.HemH251.

9NowH3027thepitוְהַבּ֗וֹרve.ha.BorH953whereinאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yish.ma.'eLH3458castהִשְׁלִ֨יךְhish.LikhH7993allכָּל־kol-H3605thedeadH6297bodiesH6297of themenH376whomאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834he hadslainH5221, by thesideH3027ofGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֔הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436, (thesameה֗וּאHu'H1931was thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834Asaאָסָ֔א'a.Sa'H609thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadmadeעָשָׂה֙'a.SahH6213for fear ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֣אba'.Sha'H1201kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,)Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֥אלyish.ma.'ElH3458thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNethaniahנְתַנְיָ֖הוּne.tan.Ya.huH5418filledמִלֵּ֛אmi.Le'H4390it with them that wereslainH5221.

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