Study it in the app“And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put, please, the old rags and the worn-out clothes under your armpits, beneath the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so.”
Jeremiah sinks in the mud of a cistern and Ebed-melech brings him outLoneliness
And Ebed-melechוַ עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְthe Cushiteהַכּוּשִׁיsaidיֹּאמֶרto Jeremiah,אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ“Put,שִׂיםplease,נָאthe oldבְּלוֹאֵיragsהַסְּחָבוֹתand the worn-out clothesוְהַמְּלָחִיםunderתַּחַתyour armpits,אַצִּלוֹת יָדֶיךָbeneathמִתַּחַתthe ropes.”לַחֲבָלִיםAnd Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּdidיַּעַשׂso.כֵּן
Ebed-melech
Ebed-melech: a name meaning "servant of the king"; a Cushite official of King Zedekiah who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern.
Where else “eved” appearsCushite
Cushite: a person from Cush, the region south of Egypt (toward present-day Sudan). Joab's messenger is called this (2 Samuel 18), and so is Ebed-melech, who pulled Jeremiah out of the cistern (Jeremiah 38). In the plural, the Cushites as a people. It says nothing good or bad about the person, only where they come from.
Where else “kushi” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsJeremiah
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” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appearsworn-out rags
Old rags, worn-out clothing.
Where else “beloe” appearsrag
Rag, piece of torn cloth.
Where else “sechavot” appearsrag
Rag, worn-out clothing.
Where else “melachim” appearsarmpit
The hollow under the arm.
Where else “atsilot” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appearscord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears11So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king, to a place under the treasury, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, and let them down to Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes.
12 · This verse (above)
13So they pulled Jeremiah with ropes and brought him up from the cistern; and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard.
