Jeremiah 37:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When Jeremiah was put into the dungeon and the cells, he remained there for many days.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י בָ֧א יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית הַבּ֖וֹר וְאֶל־הַֽחֲנֻ֑‪[t]‬יוֹת וַיֵּֽשֶׁב־שָׁ֥ם יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃ פ

Transliteration

For bāʾ Yirməyāhû to-bêt the-bôr and-to-the-ḥănûyôt and-wayyēšeḇ-there Yirməyāhû yāmîm rabbîm. פ

Grammar Details

• *bāʾ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he entered/came
• *Yirməyāhû*: proper noun - Jeremiah
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *bôr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the pit/dungeon
• *ḥănûyôt*: feminine plural noun with definite article - the cells/vaults
• *wayyēšeḇ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he remained
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many
• פ: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

• *bêt* the-*bôr*: dungeon house/cistern house
• *ḥănûyôt*: cells/vaults/small rooms
• *yāmîm* *rabbîm*: many days/a long time

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When emiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and emiah had remained there many days;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus was Ieremy put in to the dongeon & preson, and so laye there a longe tyme.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the prisons, & had remained there a long time,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus was Hieremie put into a dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long tyme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan’s house. He was kept there for a long time.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:6 : 6 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
• Jer 38:10-13 : 10 The king commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies." 11 So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down to Jeremiah in the cistern with ropes. 12 Ebed-Melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, "Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes." Jeremiah did so, 13 and they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.
• Lam 3:53 : 53 They threw me alive into a pit and cast a stone upon me.
• Lam 3:55 : 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit.
• Gen 40:15 : 15 For I was forcibly taken from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in this pit.