Jeremiah 38:27

“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.”

Jeremiah 38:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and askedיִּשְׁאֲלוּyishalu

ask

To ask a question.

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and he toldיַּגֵּדyaged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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had commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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and they stopped speakingיַּחֲרִשׁוּyacharishu

be silent

To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.

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been heardנִשְׁמַעnishma

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

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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—

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