Jeremiah 38:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘My lord, O king, these men have done evil [in] all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.’

King James Bible
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.

Hebrew
“My lord
אֲדֹנִ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

the king,
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

these
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

men
הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

have acted wickedly
הֵרֵ֜עוּ (hê·rê·‘ū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad

in all that
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

they have done
עָשׂוּ֙ (‘ā·śū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to Jeremiah
לְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּ (lə·yir·mə·yā·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites

the prophet.
הַנָּבִ֔יא (han·nā·ḇî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

They have dropped
הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ (hiš·lî·ḵū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away

him
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the cistern,
הַבּ֑וֹר (hab·bō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well

where
תַּחְתָּיו֙ (taḥ·tāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

he will starve to death,
וַיָּ֤מָת (way·yā·māṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there is no
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

more
ע֖וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

bread
הַלֶּ֛חֶם (hal·le·ḥem)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

in the city.”
בָּעִֽיר׃ (bā·‘îr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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