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And Ebed-melechוַ עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְwent outיֵּצֵאfrom the houseמִבֵּיתof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto the king,אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְsaying,לֵאמֹר
Jeremiah 38:8
Study it in the app“And Ebed-melech went out from the house of the king and spoke to the king, saying,”
Jeremiah sinks in the mud of a cistern and Ebed-melech brings him outLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 38:8, word by word
- And Ebed-melechעֶבֶדeved
Ebed-melech
Ebed-melech: a name meaning "servant of the king"; a Cushite official of King Zedekiah who rescued Jeremiah from the cistern.
Where else “eved” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- from the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
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—
8 · This verse (above)
9“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have thrown into the cistern; and he will die where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.”