Jeremiah 40:15
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
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ASV
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?
KJV
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
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30 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְיוֹחָנָ֣ן | ve.yo.cha.Nan | and Johanan | H3110 → |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → |
| קָרֵ֡חַ | ka.Re.ach | Kareah | H7143 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| גְּדַלְיָהוּ֩ | ge.dal.ya.Hu | Gedaliah | H1436 → |
| בַסֵּ֨תֶר | va.Se.ter | in <the> secrecy | H5643 → |
| בַּמִּצְפָּ֜ה | ba.mitz.Pah | at <the> Mizpah | H4709 → |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| אֵ֤לְכָה | 'E.le.khah | let me go | H1980 → |
| נָּא֙ | na' | please | H4994 → |
| וְאַכֶּה֙ | ve.'a.Keh | and let me strike down | H5221 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל | yish.ma.'El | Ishmael | H3458 → |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → |
| נְתַנְיָ֔ה | ne.tan.Yah | Nethaniah | H5418 → |
| וְאִ֖ישׁ | ve.'Ish | and anyone | H376 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יֵדָ֑ע | ye.Da' | he will know | H3045 → |
| לָ֧מָּה | La.mah | <to> why? | H4100 → |
| יַכֶּ֣כָּה | ya.Ke.kah | will he strike you | H5221 → |
| נֶּ֗פֶשׁ | Ne.fesh | life | H5315 → |
| וְנָפֹ֙צוּ֙ | ve.na.Fo.tzu | and will they be scattered | H6327 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | ye.hu.Dah | Jews | H3063 → |
| הַנִּקְבָּצִ֣ים | ha.nik.ba.Tzim | who have gathered | H6908 → |
| אֵלֶ֔יךָ | 'e.Lei.kha | to you | H413 → |
| וְאָבְדָ֖ה | ve.'a.ve.Dah | and will it perish | H6 → |
| שְׁאֵרִ֥ית | she.'e.Rit | [the] remnant of | H7611 → |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | ye.hu.Dah | Judah | H3063 → |
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