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Jeremiah 38:1

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע
shâmaʻ
and — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה
Shᵉphaṭyâh
Shephatjah, the name of ten Israelites
בֶן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
מַתָּ֗ן
Mattân
Mattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite
וּגְדַלְיָ֨הוּ֙
Gᵉdalyâh
and — Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites
בֶּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
פַּשְׁח֔וּר
Pashchûwr
Pashchur, the name of four Israelites
וְיוּכַל֙
Yûwkal
and — Jukal, an Israelite
בֶּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ
Shelemyâh
Shelemjah, the name of nine Israelites
וּפַשְׁח֖וּר
Pashchûwr
and — Pashchur, the name of four Israelites
בֶּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה
Malkîyâh
Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites
אֶ֨ת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַדְּבָרִ֔ים
dâbâr
the — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אֲשֶׁ֧ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
מְדַבֵּ֥ר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
הָעָ֖ם
ʻam
the — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
לֵאמֹֽר
ʼâmar
to/for — to say (used with great latitude)
Jeremiah 38:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal (also called Jehucal) the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying,
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This chapter marks the last recorded confrontation before Jerusalem's actual fall, Jeremiah's own imprisonment now escalating from a scribe's house to an open cistern.

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Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal (also called Jehucal) the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying,
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