And the kingהַמֶּלֶךְsentוַיִּשְׁלַחJehudiאֶת יְהוּדִיto getלָקַחַתthe scroll,אֶת הַמְּגִלָּהand he got itוַיִּקָּחֶהָfrom the chamberמִלִּשְׁכַּתof Elishamaאֱלִישָׁמָעthe scribe;הַסֹּפֵרand Jehudiיְהוּדִיread itוַיִּקְרָאֶהָin the earsבְּאָזְנֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand in the earsוּבְאָזְנֵיof allכָּלthe princesהַשָּׂרִיםwho were standingהָעֹמְדִיםbeside the king.מֵעַל הַמֶּלֶךְ
Jeremiah 36:21
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 36:21, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- Jehudiיְהוּדִיyehudi
Jehudi
Jehudi: a name meaning "Judean"; the man the officials and King Jehoiakim sent to fetch and read Jeremiah's scroll.
Where else “yehudi” appears- to getקַחַתkachat
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kachat” appears- the scrollמְּגִלָּהmegila
scroll
Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.
Where else “megila” appears- from the chamberלִּשְׁכַּתlishkat
room, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “lishkat” appears- of Elishamaאֱלִישָׁמָעelishama
Elishama
Elishama, chief of the tribe of Ephraim; other men bear the same name. It means "God hears."
Where else “elishama” appears- the scribeסֹּפֵרsofer
scribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appears- read itיִּקְרָאֶyikrae
read aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “yikrae” appears- in the earsאָזְנֵיazne
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears- the princesשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- who were standingעֹמְדִיםomdim
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omdim” appears
The context
20And 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.
21 · This verse (above)
22Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with the brazier burning before him.