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then you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘Iאֲנִיwas lettingמַפִּילmy supplicationתְחִנָּתִיfallמַפִּילbeforeלִפְנֵיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְnotלְבִלְתִּיto send me backהֲשִׁיבֵנִיto the houseבֵּיתof Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןto dieלָמוּתthere.’”שָׁם
Jeremiah 38:26
Study it in the app“then 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:26, word by word
- then you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- was lettingמַפִּילmapil
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “mapil” appears- my supplicationתְחִנָּתִtechinati
plea
A request asking for mercy.
Where else “techinati” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- to send me backהֲשִׁיבֵhashive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashive” appears- to the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yehonatan” appears- to dieמוּתmut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appears
The context
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?’
26 · This verse (above)
27And all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded; and they stopped speaking with him, for the matter had not been heard.