And allוַ כָלthe princesהַשָּׂרִיםcameיָּבֹאוּto Jeremiahאֶל יִרְמְיָהוּand askedוַיִּשְׁאֲלוּhim,אֹתוֹand he toldוַיַּגֵּדthemלָהֶםaccording to allכְּכָלthese wordsהַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהthatאֲשֶׁרthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְhad commanded;צִוָּהand they stopped speakingוַיַּחֲרִשׁוּwith him,מִמֶּנּוּforכִּיthe matterהַדָּבָרhad notלֹאbeen heard.נִשְׁמַע
Jeremiah 38:27
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:27, word by word
- the princesשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” 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- and askedיִּשְׁאֲלוּyishalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishalu” appears- and he toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- and they stopped speakingיַּחֲרִשׁוּyacharishu
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “yacharishu” appears- been heardנִשְׁמַעnishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “nishma” appears
The context
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.’”
27 · This verse (above)
28And Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured. And it happened when Jerusalem was captured—