And ifוְכִיthe princesהַשָּׂרִיםhearיִשְׁמְעוּthatכִּיI have spokenדִבַּרְתִּיwith you,אִתָּךְand they comeוּבָאוּto youאֵלֶיךָand sayוְאָמְרוּto you,אֵלֶיךָ‘Tellהַגִּידָהus,לָנוּplease,נָּאwhatמַהyou saidדִּבַּרְתָּto the king;אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְdo notאַלhide itתְּכַחֵדfrom us,מִמֶּנּוּand we will notוְלֹאput you to death;נְמִיתֶךָand whatוּמַהdid the kingהַמֶּלֶךְsayדִּבֶּרto you?’אֵלֶיךָ
Jeremiah 38:25
Study it in the app“And 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?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:25, word by word
- the princesשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- hearיִשְׁמְעוּyishmu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishmu” appears- I have spokenדִבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- and they comeבָאוּvau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appears- and sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- ‘Tellהַגִּידָhagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- hide itתְּכַחֵדtechached
hide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “techached” appears- put you to deathנְמִיתֶnemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “nemite” appears
The context
24And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no one know of these words, and you will not die.
25 · This verse (above)
26then you shall say to them, ‘I was letting my supplication fall before the king not to send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”