Jeremiah 38:11
Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
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ASV
So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
KJV
So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח׀ | vai.yi.Kach | and he took | H3947 → |
| עֶֽבֶד־ | 'e.ved- | Ebed | H5663 → |
| מֶ֨לֶךְ | Me.lekh | Melech | H5663 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים | ha.'a.na.Shim | the men | H582 → |
| בְּיָד֗וֹ | be.ya.Do | in hand his | H3027 → |
| וַיָּבֹ֤א | vai.ya.Vo' | and he went | H935 → |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| תַּ֣חַת | Ta.chat | under | H8478 → |
| הָאוֹצָ֔ר | ha.'o.Tzar | the storehouse | H214 → |
| וַיִּקַּ֤ח | vai.yi.Kach | and he took | H3947 → |
| מִשָּׁם֙ | mi.Sham | from there | H8033 → |
| בְּלוֹיֵ֣ | be.lo.Ye | worn out things of | H1094 → |
| סְחָב֔וֹת | se.cha.Vot | clothes | H5499 → |
| וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ | u.ve.lo.Ye | and worn out things of | H1094 → |
| מְלָחִ֑ים | me.la.Chim | rags | H4418 → |
| וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֧ם | vay.sha.le.Chem | and he let down them | H7971 → |
| אֶֽל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ | yir.me.Ya.hu | Jeremiah | H3414 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | into | H413 → |
| הַבּ֖וֹר | ha.Bor | the cistern | H953 → |
| בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃ | ba.cha.va.Lim | with ropes | H2256 → |
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