Jeremiah 38:16
And the king Zedekiah sweareth unto Jeremiah in secret, saying, 'Jehovah liveth, He who made for us this soul, I do not put thee to death, nor give thee unto the hand of these men who are seeking thy soul.'This verse in the real world
In what words
- סֵתֶרçêthera cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
- צִדְקִיָּהTsidqîyâhTsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
- יִרְמְיָהYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻto seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsha man in general (singly or collectively)
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.