Study it in the app“And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but YHWH hid them.”
And the kingהַמֶּלֶךְcommandedוַיְצַוֶּהJerahmeelאֶת יְרַחְמְאֵלthe king'sהַמֶּלֶךְsonבֶּןand Seraiahוְאֶת שְׂרָיָהוּsonבֶןof Azrielעַזְרִיאֵלand Shelemiahוְאֶת שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּsonבֶּןof Abdeelעַבְדְּאֵלto seizeלָקַחַתBaruchאֶת בָּרוּךְthe scribeהַסֹּפֵרand Jeremiahוְאֵת יִרְמְיָהוּthe prophet;הַנָּבִיאbutוַYHWHיְהוָהhid them.יַּסְתִּרֵם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsave” appearsJerahmeel
Jerahmeel: the name of several Israelites; the first is the firstborn son of Hezron, of the tribe of Judah. The name means "may God have mercy."
Where else “yerachmel” appearsMelech
Melech: a descendant of Saul, son of Micah. As a common word it means "king."
Where else “melech” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsSeraiah
Seraiah, the name of several men; among them David's scribe (2 Samuel 8:17). It means "YHWH has prevailed".
Where else “serayahu” appearsAzriel
Azriel: the name of three Israelites. The name means "God is my help."
Where else “azriel” appearsShelemiah
Shelemiah: the name of several Israelites, among them the Levite gatekeeper also called Meshelemiah, several of the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, and some of Jeremiah's time.
Where else “shelemyahu” appearsAbdeel
Abdeel: a name meaning "servant of El"; the father of Shelemiah.
Where else “avdel” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “kachat” appearsBaruch
Baruch: a name meaning "blessed". Above all, the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah; also some men of Nehemiah's time, such as the son of Zabbai who zealously repaired a section of the wall.
Where else “baruch” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearsJeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearshide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “yastire” appears25And even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.
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27And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
