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And they were notוְלֹאafraid,פָחֲדוּnorוְלֹאdid they tearקָרְעוּtheir garments,אֶת בִּגְדֵיהֶםthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְor anyוְכָלof his servantsעֲבָדָיוwho heardהַשֹּׁמְעִיםallאֵת כָּלthese words.הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
Jeremiah 36:24
Study it in the app“And they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king or any of his servants who heard all these words.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 36:24, word by word
- afraidפָחֲדוּfachadu
dread
To tremble with fear before something that threatens.
Where else “fachadu” appears- did they tearקָרְעוּkaru
tear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “karu” appears- their garmentsבִּגְדֵיbigde
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “bigde” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- who heardשֹּׁמְעִיםshomim
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shomim” appears- these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears
Translation note
Cf. 2 Kings 22:11: his father Josiah tore his garments on hearing the book.
The context
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25And even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.