Jeremiah 36:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֣א יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת־בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן־נֵֽרִיָּ֑ה וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב בָּר֜וּךְ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ אֵ֣ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלָ֖יו עַל־מְגִלַּת־סֵֽפֶר

Transliteration

And-wayyiqrāʾ Yirmeyāhû ʾet-Bārûk son-of-Nēriyyāh; and-wayyiktōb Bārûk from-mouth-of Yirmeyāhû ʾēt all-dibrê Yəhwāh which-dibbēr unto-him upon-məgillat-sēper

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqrāʾ*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he called
• *Yirmeyāhû*: proper name, masculine singular - Jeremiah
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Bārûk*: proper name, masculine singular - Baruch
• *Nēriyyāh*: proper name, masculine singular - Neriah
• *wayyiktōb*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he wrote
• *dibrê*: construct state, masculine plural - words of
• *Yəhwāh*: proper name - LORD/Yahweh
• *dibbēr*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
• *məgillat*: construct state, feminine singular - scroll of
• *sēper*: common noun, masculine singular - book/document/scroll

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqrāʾ*: and he called/and he summoned
• *dibrê*: words of/matters of/commands of
• *məgillat-sēper*: scroll of a book/writing scroll/document roll

Referenced Verses

• Jer 32:12 : 12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
• Jer 36:32 : 32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
• Ezek 2:9 : 9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
• Jer 43:3 : 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
• Jer 45:1-2 : 1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
• Zech 5:1 : 1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
• Rom 16:22 : 22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
• Jer 36:17-18 : 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
• Jer 36:21 : 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
• Jer 36:23 : 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
• Jer 36:26 : 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
• Jer 36:28 : 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
• Isa 8:1 : 1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.