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Jeremiah 38:16 — King James Version← Study notes

So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.


Jeremiah 38:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 38:1627 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשָּׁבַ֞עwayišābaʿ
adjureconjH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
הַ/מֶּ֧לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּṣidəqiyāhw
ZedekiahnounH6667
Zidkijah
אֶֽלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּyirəməyāhw
JeremiahnounH3414
בַּ/סֵּ֣תֶרbasēter
backbitingpronH5643
covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חַיḥay
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יְהוָ֞הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אתʾt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲשֶׁר֩ʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשָׂהʿāśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לָ֨/נוּlānw
pron
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/נֶּ֤פֶשׁhanepeš
anyparticleH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
הַ/זֹּאת֙hazōʾt
hereby (-inparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֲמִיתֶ֔/ךָʾămiytekā
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וְ/אִםwəʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶתֶּנְ/ךָ֗ʾetenəkā
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
בְּ/יַד֙bəyad
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֣יםhāʾănāšiym
manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָ/אֵ֔לֶּהhāʾēleh
an- other; one sortparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
מְבַקְשִׁ֖יםməbaqəšiym
askverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָnapəšekā
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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