Study it in the app“And now, hear, please, my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not die there.””
And now,וְעַתָּהhear,שְׁמַעplease,נָאmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe king;הַמֶּלֶךְpleaseנָאlet my supplicationתְחִנָּתִיfallתִּפָּלbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָand do notוְאַלsend me backתְּשִׁבֵנִיto the houseבֵּיתof Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןthe scribe,הַסֹּפֵרthat I may notוְלֹאdieאָמוּתthere.”שָׁם
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsplea
A request asking for mercy.
Where else “techinati” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “tipal” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “teshive” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsJonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yehonatan” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “amut” appears19And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?
20 · This verse (above)
21And King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard, and they gave him a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was used up. So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard.
