King James Version

Jeremiah 36:22

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

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וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְvehamelekhand the kingמֶלֶךְconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.יוֹשֵׁב֙yoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בֵּ֣יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…הַחֹ֔רֶףhachorefthe winterחֹרֶףdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the winter”, the ordinary formH2779properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of agecold, winter (-house), youth.בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁbachodeshin monthחֹדֶשׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑יhatshiithe ninthתְּשִׁיעִיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the ninth”, the ordinary formH8671ninthninth.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and 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).הָאָ֖חhaachthe hearthאָחdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the hearth”, the ordinary formH254a fire-pot or chafing dishhearth.לְפָנָ֥יוlefanayvto 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(-…מְבֹעָֽרֶתmevoaretbe brutishבָּעַרverb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “be brutish”, a verb used as a describing wordH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month; and the brazier was burning before him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,

World English Bible

Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.

Darby Translation

Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.

Douay-Rheims

Now the king sat in the winter house, In the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month; and the brazier was burning before him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they shall make of them a curse in all the captivity of Juda in Babylon, saying, The Lord do to thee as he did to Sedekias, and as he did to Achiab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λήψονται ἀπʼ αὐτῶν κατάραν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἀποικίᾳ Ἰούδα ἐν Βαβυλῶνι, λέγοντες, ποιήσαι σε Κύριος, ὡς Σεδεκίαν ἐποίησε, καὶ ὡς Ἀχιὰβ, οὓς ἀπετηγάνισε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐν πυρὶ,