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Now Jeremiahוְיִרְמְיָהוּwas coming inבָּאand going outוְיֹצֵאamongבְּתוֹךְthe people,הָעָםand they had notוְלֹאputנָתְנוּhimאֹתוֹin the prison.בֵּית הַכְּלוּא
Jeremiah 37:4
Study it in the app“Now Jeremiah was coming in and going out among the people, and they had not put him in the prison.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 37:4, word by word
- Now 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- was coming inבָּאba
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appears- and going outיֹצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- putנָתְנוּnatnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natnu” appears- in the prisonבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- in the prisonכְּלוּאkelu
prison
Prison; "house of confinement": the jail.
Where else “kelu” appears
The context
3And King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, please, for us to YHWH our Elohim.”
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5And the army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news of them, and they withdrew from Jerusalem.