Study it in the app“He was at the gate of Benjamin, and there was a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “To the Chaldeans you are deserting!””
He wasוַיְהִי הוּאat the gateבְּשַׁעַרof Benjamin,בִּנְיָמִןand there wasוְשָׁםa captainבַּעַלof the guardפְּקִדֻתwhose name wasוּשְׁמוֹIrijahיִרְאִיָּיהsonבֶּןof Shelemiahשֶׁלֶמְיָהsonבֶּןof Hananiah;חֲנַנְיָהand he seizedוַיִּתְפֹּשׂJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּthe prophet,הַנָּבִיאsaying,לֵאמֹר“Toאֶלthe Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּיםyouאַתָּהare deserting!”נֹפֵל
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appearsowner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “baal” appearsguard, watch
Oversight, guard.
Where else “pekidut” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsIrijah
Irijah: a name meaning "YHWH sees"; the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah.
Where else “yiriyay” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” 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 “shelemya” appearsHananiah
Hananiah: name of many Israelites. It means "YHWH has been gracious."
Where else “chananya” appearsseize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “yitpos” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearsdesert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “nofel” appears12that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to have a share from there among the people.
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14And Jeremiah said, “Falsehood! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him, and Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.
