Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhenever Jehudiכִּ יְהוּדִיreadקְרוֹאthreeשָׁלֹשׁor fourוְאַרְבָּעָהcolumns,דְּלָתוֹתthe kingwould cut them offיִקְרָעֶהָwith the razorבְּתַעַרof the scribeהַסֹּפֵרandוְthrow themהַשְׁלֵךְinto the fireאֶל הָאֵשׁthat wasאֲשֶׁרin the brazier,אֶל הָאָחuntilעַדthe wholeכָּלscrollהַמְּגִלָּהwas consumedתֹּםin the fireעַל הָאֵשׁthat wasאֲשֶׁרin the brazier.עַל הָאָח
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsJehudi
Jehudi: a name meaning "Judean"; the man the officials and King Jehoiakim sent to fetch and read Jeremiah's scroll.
Where else “yehudi” appearsread aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “kero” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appearscolumn
Each section of text written on a scroll, side by side; or the lid of a chest.
Where else “delatot” appearstear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “yikrae” appearsrazor
A razor for shaving.
Where else “taar” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hashlech” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsbrazier
Brazier: a container of burning coals to heat a room.
Where else “ach” appearsscroll
Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.
Where else “megila” appearsbe consumed
To be completely destroyed.
Where else “tom” appears“Columns”: in Hebrew, “doors,” the columns of writing of the scroll.
22Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with the brazier burning before him.
23 · This verse (above)
24And they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king or any of his servants who heard all these words.
