בִּנְיָמִן֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בִּנְיָמִן֙

   bin-ya-MIN

   of Benjamin
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֨ר בְּשַׁ֤עַר בִּנְיָמִן֙

   a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN

   which or that in the gate of Benjamin
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֹת֜וֹ עַל־הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בְּשַׁ֤עַר בִּנְיָמִן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

   va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH

   and he put or and he gave him upon the stocks which or that in the gate of Benjamin the upper which or that in the house of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּכֶּ֣ה פַשְׁח֔וּר אֵ֖ת יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֹת֜וֹ עַל־הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בְּשַׁ֤עַר בִּנְיָמִן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

   va-yak-KE pash-khur ET yir-me-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH

   and he struck Pashhur Jeremiah the prophet and he put or and he gave him upon the stocks which or that in the gate of Benjamin the upper which or that in the house of the LORD

Exegesis

Two nested relative clauses—first asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with beshaar binyamin haelyon {בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן הָעֶלְיוֹן | bə-šaʿ-ar bin-yā-mîn hā-ʿel-yôn} ‘in the upper Benjamin Gate,’ then asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with bbeit YHWH {בְּבֵית יְהוָה | bə-ḇêṯ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the house of the LORD’—precisely locates the scene at the sanctuary entrance. This structure underscores the interplay of civil and sacred authority at the city gate.