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HAMMELECH*

Hebrew word meaning “the king,” taken to be a personal name by the KJB, but more correctly translated as “the king” by other versions (Jer 36:26; 38:6).

Show passage in OET: JER 36:26

OET-RV JER 36:26

26 Then the king ordered a relative Yerahme’el, Azriel’s son Serayah, and Avdeel’s son Shelemyah to arrest the scribe Baruk and the prophet Yirmiyah (Jeremiah), but Yahweh had hidden them.

OET-LV JER 36:26

26 And_ the_king _he _commanded DOM Yəraḩmə^ʼēl/(Jerahmeel) the _son _of the_king and_DOM Sərā^yāh the _son _of ˊAzrī^ʼēl and_DOM Shelem^yāh the _son _of ˊAⱱdə^ʼēl to_take/accept/receive DOM Bārūk the_scribe and_DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet and_he_hid _them YHWH.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:6

OET-RV JER 38:6

6 So they took Yirmiyah and put him into the water storage cistern carved out by the king’s son Malkiyah. It was right there in the guards’ courtyard, and they lowered Yirmiyah down with ropes. There wasn’t any water left in the cistern, but it was still muddy at the bottom and he sank down into the mud.

OET-LV JER 38:6

6 And_they _took DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) and_they _threw DOM_him/it into the_cistern of _Malkīy^yāh the _son _of the_king which was_in_the _courtyard _of the _guard and_they _let _down DOM Yirmə^yāh with_ropes and_in_cistern there_was_not water if/because (if) mud and_ Yirmə^yāh _he _sank in_mud.

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