ke.li denotes a place of confinement, contrasted with freedom of movement and departure from custody.

The attested use denotes a place of confinement: Jeremiah is not placed there while free to move among the people, and Jehoiachin is brought out from its house-like setting.

1. Place of confinement · dominant

   Both occurrences use the masculine singular absolute noun in confinement settings. In Jeremiah 37:4 the APB renders Jeremiah as free to come and go and not put into "the house of the prison"; in Jeremiah 52:31 it renders Jehoiachin as brought out of "the prison house."

   Jeremiah 37:4Jeremiah 52:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the setting as "the house of the prison" in Jeremiah 37:4 and "the prison house" in Jeremiah 52:31. These phrases confirm the verses' confinement setting rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.