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So they pulledוַיִּמְשְׁכוּJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּwith ropesבַּחֲבָלִיםand brought him upוַיַּעֲלוּ אֹתוֹfrom the cistern;מִן הַבּוֹרand Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּstayedיֵּשֶׁבin the courtבַּחֲצַרof the guard.הַמַּטָּרָה
Jeremiah 38:13
Study it in the app“So they pulled Jeremiah with ropes and brought him up from the cistern; and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard.”
Jeremiah sinks in the mud of a cistern and Ebed-melech brings him outLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:13, word by word
- So they pulledיִּמְשְׁכוּyimshchu
draw
To pull something, drag it out.
Where else “yimshchu” appears- 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- with ropesחֲבָלִיםchavalim
cord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalim” appears- and brought him upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaalu” appears- from the cisternבּוֹרbor
dungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appears- stayedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in the courtחֲצַרchatsar
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsar” appears- of the guardמַּטָּרָהmatara
guard
The court of the guard, an enclosure of the palace where someone was kept prisoner.
Where else “matara” appears
The context
12And 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14Then King Zedekiah sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to himself at the third entrance that was in the house of YHWH; and the king said to Jeremiah, “I am asking you something; do not hide anything from me.”