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And Zedekiahוַ צִדְקִיָּהוּsaidיֹּאמֶרto Jeremiah,אֶל יִרְמְיָהוּ“Let no oneאִישׁ אַלknowיֵדַעof these words,בַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהand you will notוְלֹאdie.תָמוּת
Jeremiah 38:24
Study it in the app“And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no one know of these words, and you will not die.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:24, word by word
- And 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- “Let no oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- knowיֵדַעyeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appears- of these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- dieתָמוּתtamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appears
The context
23And all your wives and your sons they will bring out to the Chaldeans, and you will not escape from their hand, for by the hand of the king of Babylon you will be seized, and this city you will burn with fire.”
24 · This verse (above)
25And if the princes hear that I have spoken with you, and they come to you and say to you, ‘Tell us, please, what you said to the king; do not hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; and what did the king say to you?’