Jeremiah 36:20

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיָּבֹ֤אוּand they went

  vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• חָצֵ֔רָה[the] court towards

  chatzerahH2691 →191 times

• וְאֶת־and <obj.>

  veetH853 →10935 times

• הַמְּגִלָּ֣הthe scroll

  hamegilahH4039 →21 times

• הִפְקִ֔דוּthey had deposited

  hifkiduH6485 →303 times

• בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖תin [the] room of

  belishkatH3957 →47 times

• אֱלִישָׁמָ֣עElishama

  ʾelishama'H476 →17 times

• הַסֹּפֵ֑רthe scribe

  hasoferH5608 →159 times

• וַיַּגִּ֙ידוּ֙and they told

  vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times

• בְּאָזְנֵ֣יin [the] ears of

  beazeneiH241 →187 times

• הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• אֵ֖ת<obj.>

  ʾetH853 →10935 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• הַדְּבָרִֽים׃the things

  hadevarimH1697 →1440 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Jeremiah 36:12

  he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son…

  it leads to

  • Jeremiah 26:22

    Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

  • 2 Kings 22:12

    and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

  • Jeremiah 36:25

    Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

  • Jeremiah 41:1

    In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son…

• Through

  Jeremiah 36:21

  Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials…

  it leads to

  • 2 Kings 22:10

    Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

  • Ezekiel 2:4–5

    They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

  • 2 Chronicles 34:18

    Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

  • Jeremiah 23:28

    Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.