King James Version

2 Kings 25:29

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

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וְשִׁנָּ֕אveshinaand changeשָׁנָאconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and change”, a completed action in a sequenceH8132to alterchange.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בִּגְדֵ֣יbigdeapparelבֶּגֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “apparel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillageapparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.כִלְא֑וֹkhilvoprison. Compare Hכֶּלֶאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “prison. Compare H”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3608a prisonprison. Compare H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם), H3628 (כְּלִיא).וְאָכַ֨לveakhaland eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and eat”, a completed action in a sequenceH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.לֶ֧חֶםlechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.תָּמִ֛ידtamiddailyתָּמִידnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “daily”, the ordinary formH8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrificealway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, (n-)ever(-more), perpetual.לְפָנָ֖יוlefanayvto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יְמֵ֥יyemeas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…חַיָּֽיוchayayvlifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

Young’s Literal Translation

and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,

World English Bible

and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;

Darby Translation

And he changed his prison garments; and he ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;

Douay-Rheims

And he changed his garments which he had in prison, and he ate bread always before him, all the days of his life.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἠλλοίωσε τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤσθιεν ἄρτον διαπαντὸς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ.