Study it in the app“And they went in to the king to the court, but the scroll they had deposited in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told in the ears of the king all the words.”
And they went inוַיָּבֹאוּto the kingאֶל הַמֶּלֶךְto the court,חָצֵרָהbut the scrollוְאֶת הַמְּגִלָּהthey had depositedהִפְקִדוּin the chamberבְּלִשְׁכַּתof Elishamaאֱלִישָׁמָעthe scribe;הַסֹּפֵרand they toldוַיַּגִּידוּin the earsבְּאָזְנֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְallאֵת כָּלthe words.הַדְּבָרִים
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsera” appearsscroll
Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.
Where else “megila” appearsappoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “hifkidu” appearsroom, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “lishkat” appearsElishama
Elishama, chief of the tribe of Ephraim; other men bear the same name. It means "God hears."
Where else “elishama” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appearshearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears19And the princes said to Baruch, “Go, hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he got it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king and in the ears of all the princes who were standing beside the king.
