Jeremiah 38:26
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’ ”

Young's Literal Translation
then thou hast said unto them, I am causing my supplication to fall before the king, not to cause me to return to the house of Jonathan, to die there.’

King James Bible
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

Hebrew
then tell them,
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

was presenting
מַפִּיל־ (map·pîl-)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

to
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the king
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

my petition
תְחִנָּתִ֖י (ṯə·ḥin·nā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8467: Favor, supplication for favor

that he not
לְבִלְתִּ֧י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

return
הֲשִׁיבֵ֛נִי (hă·šî·ḇê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

me to the house
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jonathan
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן (yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3083: Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites

to die
לָמ֥וּת (lā·mūṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

there.’”
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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