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And Kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהhe isהוּאin your hand;בְּיֶדְכֶםforכִּיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְis notאֵיןable to doיוּכַלanythingדָּבָרagainst you.”אֶתְכֶם
Jeremiah 38:5
Study it in the app“And King Zedekiah said, “Look, he is in your hand; for the king is not able to do anything against you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:5, word by word
- And Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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- in your handיֶדְyed
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yed” appears- able to doיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- anythingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
4And the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, for in this way he is weakening the hands of the men of war who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking to them words like these; for this man is not seeking the peace of this people, but evil.”
5 · This verse (above)
6So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah son of the king, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with ropes. In the cistern there was no water, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.