| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 39:4:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֡יvayehiand it happened Jeremiah 39:4:2 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רkaasherwhen Jeremiah 39:4:3 ⧉רָ֠אָםraamthey saw them Jeremiah 39:4:4 ⧉צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּtsidkiyahuZedekiah Jeremiah 39:4:5 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜הmelekhyehudaking of Judah Jeremiah 39:4:6 ⧉וְכֹ֣לvekholand all Jeremiah 39:4:7 ⧉אַנְשֵׁ֣יanshemen of Jeremiah 39:4:8 ⧉הַמִּלְחָמָ֗הhamilkhamathe battle or the war Jeremiah 39:4:9 ⧉וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּvayivrekhuand they fled Jeremiah 39:4:10 ⧉וַיֵּצְא֨וּvayetseuand they went out Jeremiah 39:4:11 ⧉לַ֤יְלָהlailaat night Jeremiah 39:4:12 ⧉מִן־הָעִיר֙minhairfrom the city Jeremiah 39:4:13 ⧉דֶּ֚רֶךְderekhway of Jeremiah 39:4:14 ⧉גַּ֣ןgangarden of Jeremiah 39:4:15 ⧉הַמֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekhthe king Jeremiah 39:4:16 ⧉בְּשַׁ֖עַרbeshaarthrough the gate Jeremiah 39:4:17 ⧉בֵּ֣יןbenbetween Jeremiah 39:4:18 ⧉הַחֹמֹתָ֑יִםhakhomotayimthe walls, the two Jeremiah 39:4:19 ⧉וַיֵּצֵ֖אvayetseand he went out Jeremiah 39:4:20 ⧉דֶּ֥רֶךְderekhway of Jeremiah 39:4:21 ⧉הָעֲרָבָֽה׃haaravathe Arabah |
| 4. Formal Translation And it came to pass, when Zedekiah king of Judah saw them and all the men of war, they fled and went out by night from the city by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and then he went out by way of the Arabah. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled from the city at night, slipping out through the king’s garden and the gate between the double walls, then headed toward the desert plain. |