Jeremiah 38:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

Young's Literal Translation
And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, ‘Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes, at the place of the cords,’ and Jeremiah doth so,

King James Bible
And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now [these] old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Hebrew
Ebed-melech
מֶ֨לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5663: Ebed-melech -- 'servant of a king', an official under King Zedekiah

the Cushite
הַכּוּשִׁ֜י (hak·kū·šî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3569: Cushite -- descendant of Cush

cried out
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶֽל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Jeremiah,
יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites

“Put
שִׂ֣ים (śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

these worn-out
בְּלוֹאֵ֨י (bə·lō·w·’ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1094: Worn-out things, rags

rags
הַסְּחָב֤וֹת (has·sə·ḥā·ḇō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5499: A rag

and clothes
וְהַמְּלָחִים֙ (wə·ham·mə·lā·ḥîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4418: A rag, old garment

under your arms
אַצִּל֣וֹת (’aṣ·ṣi·lō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 679: A joint of the hand, a party-wall

to pad the ropes.”
לַחֲבָלִ֑ים (la·ḥă·ḇā·lîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

Jeremiah
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites

did
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

so,
כֵּֽן׃ (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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