And Kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּsaidיֹּאמֶרto Jeremiah,אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ“Iאֲנִיam anxious aboutדֹאֵגthe Jewsאֶת הַיְּהוּדִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhave desertedנָפְלוּto the Chaldeans,אֶל הַכַּשְׂדִּיםlestפֶּןthey giveיִתְּנוּmeאֹתִיinto their handבְּיָדָםand they abuse me.”וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ בִי
Jeremiah 38:19
Study it in the app“And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am anxious about the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand and they abuse me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:19, word by word
- And 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to 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- am anxious aboutדֹאֵגdoeg
be anxious
Be anxious, worry about someone or something.
Where else “doeg” appears- the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
Jew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appears- have desertedנָפְלוּnaflu
desert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “naflu” appears- to the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears- they giveיִתְּנוּyitnu
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yitnu” appears- into their handיָדָyada
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yada” appears- and they abuse meהִתְעַלְּלוּhitallu
abuse
To treat harshly or mockingly someone who is in our hands.
Where else “hitallu” appears
The context
18But if you do not go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you will not escape from their hand.”
19 · This verse (above)
20But Jeremiah said, “They will not give you over. Listen, please, to the voice of YHWH in what I am speaking to you, and it will go well with you, and your soul will live.