Jeremiah 37:21
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. ”
כִּכָּר
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin)
לֶחֶם
bread
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לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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תָּמַם
was finished
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תָּמַם
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
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יִרְמְיָה
Jeremiah
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יִרְמְיָה
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
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צִדְקִיָּה
Zedekiah
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צִדְקִיָּה
Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
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