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Jeremiah 38:4-6

4Therefore theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֜יםha.sa.RimH8269saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, We beseech thee, let thismanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376be put todeathי֣וּמַתYu.matH4191: forthusכֵּ֡ןkenH3651heweakenethמְרַפֵּ֡אme.ra.Pe'H7503thehandsיְדֵי֩ye.DeiH3027of themenאַנְשֵׁ֨י'an.SheiH582ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֜הha.mil.cha.MahH4421thatremainהַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים׀ha.nish.'a.RimH7604in thiscityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892, and thehandsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027of all thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, inspeakingלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696suchwordsכַּדְּבָרִ֖יםka.de.va.RimH1697to them: for thismanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376seekethדֹרֵ֧שׁdo.ReshH1875not thewelfareלְשָׁל֛וֹםle.sha.LomH7965of thispeopleלָעָ֥םla.'AmH5971, but theharmלְרָעָֽה׃le.ra.'AhH7451.

5ThenZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, Behold, he is in yourhandבְּיֶדְכֶ֑םbe.yed.KhemH3027: for thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428is not he thatcanיוּכַ֥לyu.KhalH3201do anythingדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697against you.

6Then theytookוַיִּקְח֣וּvai.yik.ChuH3947Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414, andcastוַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993him into thedungeonהַבּ֣וֹר׀ha.BorH953ofMalchiahמַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּmal.ki.Ya.huH4441thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHammelechהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, that was in thecourtבַּחֲצַ֣רba.cha.TzarH2691of theprisonהַמַּטָּרָ֔הha.ma.ta.RahH4307: and they letdownוַיְשַׁלְּח֥וּvay.sha.le.ChuH7971Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414withcordsבַּחֲבָלִ֑יםba.cha.va.LimH2256. And in thedungeonוּבַבּ֤וֹרu.va.BorH953there was nowaterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325, butmireטִ֔יטTitH2916: soJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414sunkוַיִּטְבַּ֥עvai.yit.Ba'H2883in themireבַּטִּֽיט׃ סba.TitH2916.

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