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Jeremiah 38:9

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← Jeremiah 38:8	Jeremiah 38:9 (KJV)	Jeremiah 38:10 →
Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,	My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

My lord^H113 the king^H4428, these men^H582 have done evil^H7489 in all that they have done^H6213 to Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030, whom they have cast^H7993 into the dungeon^H953; and he is like to die^H4191 for^H6440 hunger^H7458 in the place^H8478 where he is: for there is no more bread^H3899 in the city^H5892.

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Original Hebrew

אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הֵרֵעוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לְיִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הִשְׁלִיכוּ אֶל־הַבֹּור וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּיו מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָב כִּי אֵין הַלֶּחֶם עֹוד בָּעִיר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֲדֹנִ֣/י	'a.do.N/i	H113	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	O lord/ my
הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
הֵרֵ֜עוּ	he.Re.'u	H7489	HVhp3cp	they have done evil
הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֤ים	ha./'a.na.Shim	H376	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ men
הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙	ha./'E.leh	H428	HTd/Pdxcp	(the)/ these
אֵ֣ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	that
עָשׂוּ֙	'a.Su	H6213	HVqp3cp	they have done
לְ/יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ	le./yir.me.Ya.hu	H3414	HR/Np	to/ Jeremiah
הַ/נָּבִ֔יא	ha./na.Vi'	H5030	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ prophet
אֵ֥ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	whom
הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ	hish.Li.khu	H7993	HVhp3cp	they have thrown
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
הַ/בּ֑וֹר	ha./Bor	H953	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ cistern
וַ/יָּ֤מָת	va/i.Ya.mot	H4191	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he died
תַּחְתָּי/ו֙	tach.Ta/v	H8478	HR/Sp3ms	in/ it
מִ/פְּנֵ֣י	mi./pe.Nei	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(from)/ because of
הָֽ/רָעָ֔ב	ha./ra.'Av	H7458	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ famine
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
אֵ֥ין	'ein	H369	HTn	there not
הַ/לֶּ֛חֶם	ha./Le.chem	H3899	HTd/Ncbsa	(is) the/ food
ע֖וֹד	od	H5750	HD	yet
בָּ/עִֽיר	ba./'Ir	H5892	HRd/Ncfsa	in the/ city

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

Strong's References

• H113 — אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn, aw-done'): or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
• 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.
• 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.
• H3414 — יִרְמְיָה (Yirmᵉyâh, yir-meh-yaw'): or יִרְמְיָהוּ; from רוּם and יָהּ; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites; Jeremiah.
• H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5030 — נָבִיא (nâbîyʼ, naw-bee'): from נָבָא; a prophet or (generally) inspired man; prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7458 — רָעָב (râʻâb, raw-awb'): from רָעֵב; hunger (more or less extensive); dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
• H7489 — רָעַע (râʻaʻ, raw-ah'): a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally); afflict, associate selves (by mistake for רָעָה), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for רָעָה), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, [idiom] indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
• H7993 — שָׁלַךְ (shâlak, shaw-lak): a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively); adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
• 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.

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

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• 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).
• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• 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).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד; from עוּד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

Cross References

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

• for there — Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 52:6
• these — Esther 7:4-6, Job 31:34, Proverbs 24:11-12, Proverbs 31:8-9, Jeremiah 38:1-6

Reciprocal references (7): Genesis 47:18, Exodus 23:2, Isaiah 3:1, Jeremiah 39:17, Lamentations 1:11, Lamentations 3:53, 2 Corinthians 11:27

Related Topics

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

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