Jeremiah 37:18

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
Jeremiah 37:18
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֑הוּ מֶה֩ חָטָ֨אתִֽי לְךָ֤ וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וְלָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה כִּֽי־נְתַתֶּ֥ם אוֹתִ֖י אֶל־בֵּ֥ית הַכֶּֽלֶא׃

  1. וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  2. יִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.hu“Jeremiah”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ · “Jeremiah” · Strong's H3414L
  3. אֶל־'el-“to”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  4. הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekh“the king”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מֶ֫לֶךְ · “king” · Strong's H4428G
  5. צִדְקִיָּ֑הוּtzid.ki.Ya.hu“Zedekiah”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · “Zedekiah” · Strong's H6667H
  6. מֶה֩meh“what?”
    Pronoun, interrogative · from מָה · “what?” · Strong's H4100
  7. חָטָ֨אתִֽיcha.Ta.ti“have I sinned”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from חָטָא · “to sin” · Strong's H2398
  8. לְךָ֤le.Kha“to you”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from Os2m · “you” · Strong's H9031
  9. וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ve.la.'a.va.Dei.kha“and to servants your”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from עֶ֫בֶד · “servant; slave” · Strong's H5650
  10. וְלָעָ֣םve.la.'Am“and to the people”
    Conjunction + Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עַם · “people” · Strong's H5971A
  11. הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh“<the> this”
    Definite article + Particle, demonstrative · from זֶה · “this” · Strong's H2088
  12. כִּֽי־ki-“that”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  13. נְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.Tem“you have put”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from נָתַן · “put” · Strong's H5414H
  14. אוֹתִ֖י'o.Ti“<obj.> me”
    Particle, direct object marker + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  15. אֶל־'el-“into”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  16. בֵּ֥יתbeit“[the] house of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004B
  17. הַכֶּֽלֶא׃ha.Ke.le'“<the> imprisonment”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from כֶּ֫לֶא · “prison” · Strong's H3608
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)