Study it in the app“So 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.”
Jeremiah sinks in the mud of a cistern and Ebed-melech brings him outLoneliness
So they tookוַיִּקְחוּJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּand threwוַיַּשְׁלִכוּhimאֹתוֹinto the cisternאֶל הַבּוֹרof Malchijahמַלְכִּיָּהוּsonבֶןof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְwhich wasאֲשֶׁרin the courtבַּחֲצַרof the guard,הַמַּטָּרָהand they let downוַיְשַׁלְּחוּJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּwith ropes.בַּחֲבָלִיםIn the cisternוּבַבּוֹרthere was noאֵיןwater,מַיִםbut onlyכִּי אִםmud,טִיטand Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsankיִּטְבַּעin the mud.בַּטִּיט
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appearsJeremiah
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” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appearsdungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appearsMalchijah
Malchijah: the name of several Israelites. The name means "my king is YHWH."
Where else “malkiyahu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsMelech
Melech: a descendant of Saul, son of Micah. As a common word it means "king."
Where else “melech” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsar” appearsguard
The court of the guard, an enclosure of the palace where someone was kept prisoner.
Where else “matara” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalchu” appearscord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalim” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsmud, clay
Mud, clay; the mire of the streets or of the bottom of a pit. Also the potter's clay.
Where else “tit” appearssink
To go to the bottom, to be sunk in water or mud.
Where else “yitba” appears5And King Zedekiah said, “Look, he is in your hand; for the king is not able to do anything against you.”
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7And Ebed-melech the Cushite, a man, a court official, and he was in the house of the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern —now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin—
