The Meaning of Jeremiah 38:1 Explained

Jeremiah 38:1

KJV: Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

YLT: And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying,

Darby: And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

ASV: And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then Shephatiah  the son  of Mattan,  and Gedaliah  the son  of Pashur,  and Jucal  the son  of Shelemiah,  and Pashur  the son  of Malchiah,  heard  the words  that Jeremiah  had spoken  unto all the people,  saying, 

What does Jeremiah 38:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 38

1  Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Malchiah
7  Ebed-Melech, by suit, gets him some enlargement
14  Upon secret conference, he counsels the king by yielding to save his life
24  By the king's instructions he conceals the conference from the princes

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 38:1 mean?

And heard Shephatiah son of Mattan and Gedaliah son of Pashhur and Jehucal of Shelemiah and Pashhur of Malchijah - the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people saying -
וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה בֶן־ מַתָּ֗ן וּגְדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־ פַּשְׁח֔וּר וְיוּכַל֙ שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ וּפַשְׁח֖וּר מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה אֶ֨ת־ הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־ כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר ס

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע  And  heard 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה  Shephatiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁפַטְיָה 
Sense: a son of David by Abital; David’s 5th son.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מַתָּ֗ן  of  Mattan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַתָּן  
Sense: a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah.
וּגְדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙  and  Gedaliah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּדַלְיָה 
Sense: a son of Jeduthun in the time of David.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
פַּשְׁח֔וּר  of  Pashhur 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּשְׁחוּר  
Sense: a priest, son of Malchiah and one of the chief princes in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah.
וְיוּכַל֙  and  Jehucal 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יוּכַל  
Sense: a son of Shelemiah and a servant of king Zedekiah whom he sent to Jeremiah to entreat his prayers and advice.
שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ  of  Shelemiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁלֶמְיָה 
Sense: a son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra.
וּפַשְׁח֖וּר  and  Pashhur 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּשְׁחוּר  
Sense: a priest, son of Malchiah and one of the chief princes in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah.
מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה  of  Malchijah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַלְכִּיָּה 
Sense: the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah.
אֶ֨ת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַדְּבָרִ֔ים  the  words 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
אֲשֶׁ֧ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ  Jeremiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִרְמְיָה 
Sense: the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name.
מְדַבֵּ֥ר  had  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
הָעָ֖ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
לֵאמֹֽר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation