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Jeremiah 38:8

Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

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וַיֵּצֵ֥אvayetseand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…עֶֽבֶדevedEbed-melechעֶבֶד מֶלֶךְnoun, proper name — “Ebed-melech”H5663Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of ZedekeahEbed-melech.מֶ֖לֶךְmelekhEbed-melechעֶבֶד מֶלֶךְnoun, proper name — “Ebed-melech”H5663Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of ZedekeahEbed-melech.מִבֵּ֣יתmibeytfrom familyבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from 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,…הַמֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvaydaberand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and speak”, the next action in the storyH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַמֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.לֵאמֹֽרlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

Young’s Literal Translation

and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,

World English Bible

Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,

Darby Translation

— and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

Douay-Rheims

And Abdemelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and the people shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἄγω αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ, καὶ συνάξω αὐτοὺς ἀπʼ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς ἐν ἑορτῇ φασέκ· καὶ τεκνοποιήσει ὄχλον πολὺν, καὶ ἀποστρέψουσιν ὧδε.