Then took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
they Jeremiah
Yirmyah (yir-meh-yaw')
Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Jeremiah.
and cast
shalak (shaw-lak)
to throw out, down or away -- adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
him into the dungeon
bowr (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
of Malchiah
Malkiyah (mal-kee-yaw')
king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah; Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites -- Malchiah, Malchijah.
the son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Hammelech
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
that was in the court
chatser (khaw-tsare')
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls) -- court, tower, village.
of the prison
mattara' (mat-taw-raw')
a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched) -- mark, prison.
and they let down
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Jeremiah
Yirmyah (yir-meh-yaw')
Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Jeremiah.
with cords
chebel (kheh'-bel)
band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
And in the dungeon
bowr (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
there was no water
mayim (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
but mire
tiyt (teet)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity -- clay, dirt, mire.
so Jeremiah
Yirmyah (yir-meh-yaw')
Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Jeremiah.
sunk
taba` (taw-bah')
to sink -- drown, fasten, settle, sink.
in the mire
tiyt (teet)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity -- clay, dirt, mire.
