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ForכִּיJeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּhad comeבָאintoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof the cisternהַבּוֹרand intoוְאֶלthe vaults,הַחֲנֻיוֹתand Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּstayedיֵּשֶׁבthereשָׁםmanyרַבִּיםdays.יָמִים
Jeremiah 37:16
Study it in the app“For Jeremiah had come into the house of the cistern and into the vaults, and Jeremiah stayed there many days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 37:16, word by word
- Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
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” appears- had comeבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of the cisternבּוֹרbor
dungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appears- the vaultsחֲנֻיוֹתchanuyot
vaulted cell
Vault, an underground cell of a prison.
Where else “chanuyot” appears- stayedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Then King Zedekiah sent and took him, and the king asked him in his house in secret and said, “Is there a word from YHWH?” And Jeremiah said, “There is.” And he said, “Into the hand of the king of Babylon you will be given.”