Now the kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְwas sittingיוֹשֵׁבin the winterהַחֹרֶףhouseבֵּיתin the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִיmonth,בַּחֹדֶשׁwith the brazierוְאֶת הָאָחburningמְבֹעָרֶתbefore him.לְפָנָיו
Jeremiah 36:22
Study it in the app“Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with the brazier burning before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 36:22, word by word
- Now the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- was sittingיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the winterחֹרֶףchoref
winter
Winter: the rainy season; also autumn, the time of youth.
Where else “choref” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- in the ninthתְּשִׁיעִיteshii
ninth
Ninth.
Where else “teshii” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- with the brazierאָחach
brazier
Brazier: a container of burning coals to heat a room.
Where else “ach” appears- burningמְבֹעָרֶתmevoaret
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “mevoaret” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
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.
22 · This verse (above)
23And it happened, whenever Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with the razor of the scribe and throw them into the fire that was in the brazier, until the whole scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.