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Jeremiah 38:11

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Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.	So Ebedmelech 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.	And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now [these] old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So Ebedmelech^H5663 took^H3947 the men^H582 with him^H3027, and went^H935 into the house^H1004 of the king^H4428 under the treasury^H214, and took^H3947 thence old^H1094 cast clouts^H5499 and old^H1094 rotten rags^H4418, and let them down^H7971 by cords^H2256 into the dungeon^H953 to Jeremiah^H3414.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח ׀ עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּיָדֹו וַיָּבֹא בֵית־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־תַּחַת הָאֹוצָר וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם בְּלֹויֵ [הַסְּחָבֹות כ] (סְחָבֹות ק) וּבְלֹויֵ מְלָחִים וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־הַבֹּור בַּחֲבָלִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
עֶֽבֶד	'e.ved-	H5663	HNp	Ebed
מֶ֨לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H5663	HNp	Melech
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֜ים	ha./'a.na.Shim	H376	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ men
בְּ/יָד֗/וֹ	be./ya.D/o	H3027	HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms	in/ hand/ his
וַ/יָּבֹ֤א	va/i.ya.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
בֵית	veit-	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) house of
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	H8478	HR	under
הָ/אוֹצָ֔ר	ha./'o.Tzar	H214	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ storehouse
וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
מִ/שָּׁם֙	mi./Sham	H8033	HR/D	from/ there
בְּלוֹיֵ֣	be.lo.Ye	H1094	HNcmpc	worn out things of
ה/סחבות	çᵉchâbâh	H5499	HTd/Ncfpa
וּ/בְלוֹיֵ֖	u./ve.lo.Ye	H1094	HC/Ncmpc	and/ worn out things of
מְלָחִ֑ים	me.la.Chim	H4418	HNcmpa	rags
וַ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֧/ם	va/y.sha.le.Che/m	H7971	HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he let down/ them
אֶֽל	'el-	H413	HR	to
יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ	yir.me.Ya.hu	H3414	HNp	Jeremiah
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
הַ/בּ֖וֹר	ha./Bor	H953	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ cistern
בַּ/חֲבָלִֽים	ba./cha.va.Lim	H2256	HR/Ncbpa	with/ ropes

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H214 — אוֹצָר (ʼôwtsâr, o-tsaw'): from אָצַר; a depository; armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H953 — בּוֹר (bôwr, bore): from בּוּר (in the sense of בֹּאר); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison); cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1094 — בְּלוֹא (bᵉlôwʼ, bel-o'): or (fully) בְּלוֹי; from בָּלָה; (only in plural construction) rags; old.
• H2256 — חֶבֶל (chebel, kheh'-bel): or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3414 — יִרְמְיָה (Yirmᵉyâh, yir-meh-yaw'): or יִרְמְיָהוּ; from רוּם and יָהּ; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites; Jeremiah.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4418 — מָלָח (mâlâch, maw-lawkh'): from מָלַח in its original sense; a rag or old garment; rotten rag.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5499 — סְחָבָה (çᵉchâbâh, seh-khaw-baw'): from סָחַב; a rag; cast clout.
• H5663 — עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ (ʻEbed Melek, eh'-bed meh'-lek): from עֶבֶד and מֶלֶךְ; servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah; Ebed-melech.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• let them — Jeremiah 38:6

Reciprocal references (1): Joshua 6:19

Related Topics

• Nave’s: EBED-MELECH, ETHIOPIA, EUNUCH, GOD, INTERCESSION, JEREMIAH, MINISTER, Christian, PRISONERS, ZEDEKIAH

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