Jeremiah

Jeremiah 38:26

²⁶then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
then tell them	וְאָמַרְתָּ֣	wə·’ā·mar·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I	אֲנִ֥י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
was presenting	מַפִּיל־	map·pîl-	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5307 fall, lie
to	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the king	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
my petition	תְחִנָּתִ֖י	ṯə·ḥin·nā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8467 favour, supplication for favour
that he not	לְבִלְתִּ֧י	lə·ḇil·tî	Preposition-l	H1115 not, except
return me	הֲשִׁיבֵ֛נִי	hă·šî·ḇê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
to the house	בֵּ֥ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Jonathan	יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן	yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3083 Jehonathan
to die	לָמ֥וּת	lā·mūṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4191 die
there	שָֽׁם׃פ	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither

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