Study it in the app“And 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.”
And Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Falsehood!שֶׁקֶרI am notאֵינֶנִּיdesertingנֹפֵלto the Chaldeans.”עַל הַכַּשְׂדִּיםBut he did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמַעto him,אֵלָיוand Irijahוַ יִרְאִיָּיהseizedיִּתְפֹּשׂJeremiahבְּיִרְמְיָהוּand brought himוַיְבִאֵהוּto the princes.אֶל הַשָּׂרִים
Jeremiah
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearslie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appearsdesert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “nofel” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appearsIrijah
Irijah: a name meaning "YHWH sees"; the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah.
Where else “yiriyay” appearsseize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “yitpos” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevie” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears13He 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!”
14 · This verse (above)
15And the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and they struck him and put him in the house of imprisonment, in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it into the prison.
