And Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsaidיֹּאמֶרto Kingאֶל הַמֶּלֶךְZedekiah,צִדְקִיָּהוּ“Whatמֶהsin have I committedחָטָאתִיagainst youלְךָor against your servantsוְלַעֲבָדֶיךָor against this people,וְלָעָם הַזֶּהthatכִּיyou have putנְתַתֶּםmeאוֹתִיinאֶלthe prison?בֵּית הַכֶּלֶא
Jeremiah 37:18
Study it in the app“And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What sin have I committed against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in the prison?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 37:18, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּtsidkiyahu
Zedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appears- sin have I committedחָטָאתִיchatati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appears- or against your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avade” appears- or against this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- you have putנְתַתֶּםnetatem
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “netatem” appears- the prisonבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- the prisonכֶּלֶאkele
prison
Prison, confinement: a place where someone is held.
Where else “kele” appears
The context
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.”
18 · This verse (above)
19And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?