Can you tell me what is the meaning of Jer. 39:18.

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“Your life shall be a prize for you” is a Hebrew idiom that means, “Your life will be spared.” The original word refers to goods that have been gained after war, booty. As we know, booty is goods that were ‘saved’ from the destruction of war. Thus Jeremiah tells Ebed-melech that while disaster is prophesied for the city, he (Ebed-melech) would be spared.