Jeremiah 37:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

The dungeon ... the cabins. The prison consisted of a pit (the "dungeon") with vaulted cells round the sides of it. х Hachªnuyowt (H2588), the Hebrew for "cabins," comes from a root, chaanaah, to bend one's self]

Jeremiah 37:16

16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins,f and Jeremiah had remained there many days;