10{
"verseID": "Jeremiah.38.10",
"source": "וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֛ת עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֥לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר קַ֣ח בְּיָדְךָ֤ מִזֶּה֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְֽהַעֲלִ֜יתָ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֧הוּ הַנָּבִ֛יא מִן־הַבּ֖וֹר בְּטֶ֥רֶם יָמֽוּת׃",
"text": "And *wə-yəṣawweh* the-*meleḵ* *ʾēt* *ʿEḇeḏ-meleḵ* the-*Kûšî* *lēʾmōr*, *qaḥ* in-*yāḏḵā* from-*mizzeh* thirty *ʾănāšîm* and-*wə-haʿălîtā* *ʾet*-*Yirməyāhû* the-*nāḇîʾ* from-the-*bôr* before-*bəṭerem* *yāmût*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yəṣawweh*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he commanded",
"*meleḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - king",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿEḇeḏ-meleḵ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Ebed-melech",
"*Kûšî*": "gentilic adjective, masculine singular - Cushite/Ethiopian",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*qaḥ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - take",
"*yāḏḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*mizzeh*": "preposition + demonstrative pronoun - from here",
"*ʾănāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - men",
"*wə-haʿălîtā*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and bring up",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*Yirməyāhû*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Jeremiah",
"*nāḇîʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - prophet",
"*bôr*": "noun, masculine singular - pit/cistern",
"*bəṭerem*": "conjunction - before",
"*yāmût*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he dies"
},
"variants": {
"*wə-yəṣawweh*": "and he commanded/ordered",
"*qaḥ*": "take/get",
"*yāḏḵā*": "your hand/under your authority",
"*mizzeh*": "from here/from this place",
"*wə-haʿălîtā*": "and bring up/lift up/pull up",
"*bəṭerem*": "before/ere",
"*yāmût*": "he dies/perishes"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Jeremiah.38.11",
"source": "וַיִּקַּ֣ח ׀ עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּיָד֗וֹ וַיָּבֹ֤א בֵית־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־תַּ֣חַת הָאוֹצָ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֤ח מִשָּׁם֙ בְּלוֹיֵ֣ *הסחבות **סְחָב֔וֹת וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ מְלָחִ֑ים וַיְשַׁלְּ[t]חֵ֧ם אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־הַבּ֖וֹר בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃",
"text": "And *wə-yiqqaḥ* *ʿEḇeḏ-meleḵ* *ʾet*-the-*ʾănāšîm* in-*yāḏô* and-*wə-yāḇōʾ* *bêt*-the-*meleḵ* to-*taḥat* the-*ʾôṣār* and-*wə-yiqqaḥ* from-*miššām* *bəlôyê* *hasəḥāḇôt* [*səḥāḇôt*] and-*bəlôyê* *məlāḥîm* and-*wə-yəšalləḥēm* to-*Yirməyāhû* into-the-*bôr* with-the-*ḥăḇālîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yiqqaḥ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*ʿEḇeḏ-meleḵ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Ebed-melech",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾănāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - men",
"*yāḏô*": "noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*wə-yāḇōʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he entered",
"*bêt*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of",
"*meleḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - king",
"*taḥat*": "preposition - under/beneath",
"*ʾôṣār*": "noun, masculine singular - treasury/storehouse",
"*wə-yiqqaḥ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*miššām*": "preposition + adverb - from there",
"*bəlôyê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - worn-out pieces of",
"*hasəḥāḇôt*": "article + noun, feminine plural - rags (Ketiv)",
"*səḥāḇôt*": "noun, feminine plural - rags (Qere)",
"*bəlôyê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - worn-out pieces of",
"*məlāḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - rags/worn clothes",
"*wə-yəšalləḥēm*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he let them down",
"*Yirməyāhû*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Jeremiah",
"*bôr*": "noun, masculine singular - pit/cistern",
"*ḥăḇālîm*": "noun, masculine plural - ropes"
},
"variants": {
"*yāḏô*": "his hand/under his authority",
"*taḥat*": "under/beneath/below",
"*ʾôṣār*": "treasury/storehouse/storeroom",
"*bəlôyê*": "worn-out pieces of/rags of",
"*hasəḥāḇôt*/*səḥāḇôt*": "textual variant (Ketiv/Qere) - both meaning 'rags'",
"*məlāḥîm*": "rags/tatters/worn clothes",
"*wə-yəšalləḥēm*": "and he let them down/sent them down"
}
}