So Ebedmelech
`Ebed Melek (eh'-bed meh'-lek)
servant of a king; Ebed-Melek, a eunuch of Zedekeah -- Ebed-melech.
took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
the men
'enowsh (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
with him
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
and went
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
under the treasury
'owtsar (o-tsaw')
a depository -- armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
and took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
thence old
blow' (bel-o')
(only in plural construction) rags -- old.
cast clouts
cchabah (seh-khaw-baw')
a rag -- cast clout.
and old
blow' (bel-o')
(only in plural construction) rags -- old.
rotten rags
malach (maw-lawkh')
a rag or old garment -- rotten rag.
and let them down
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
by cords
chebel (kheh'-bel)
band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
into the dungeon
bowr (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
to Jeremiah
Yirmyah (yir-meh-yaw')
Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Jeremiah.
