Jeremiah 46:4

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

אסרו אִסְרוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אסר

ʼâçar

Definition

to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle; bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H631

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָסַר

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 170

To bind together, fetter, make fast, with cords, chains etc.; to put in prison; to bind (figuratively, e.g., fetters of love); to yoke or harness (horses to a chariot); to bind on a dispute/quarrel (to commence it); to bind oneself with a vow of abstinence.

אָסַר

noun • Root אסר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 170

An Assyrian word, used in compound Assyrian proper names; corresponds to çira in Sanskrit in the sense of commander, leader, head.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָסַר

verb • Root אסר • Page 64

1. to bind (Gen. 49: 11). 2. to bind with fetters (Gen. 42: 24). 3. to imprison. 4. to yoke (1 Sam. 6: 7). 5. with מִלְחָמָה, to join battle (1 K. 20: 14). 6. to take on one's self a vow of abstinence (Num. 30: 3 ff).

Verb Qal imperative second person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0631:

No stats available

הסוסים הַסּוּסִ֗ים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

סוס

çûwç

Definition

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

Root

or סס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy);

Exhaustive

or סס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight); crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare פרש.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5483

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סוּס

verb • Root סוס • Strongs / High • Page 1012

(not used) intr. according to the Rabbins same as שׁוּט to leap, to frolic, hence to gallop, of a horse. (Fundamental signification: moveable, quick, swift, nimble).

סוּס

noun masculine • Root סוס • Strongs / High • Page 1012

1. A horse (plur. סוּסִים), coupled with מַכּוֹל and חֲמֹר. Particularly a war-horse, whose shaking, main, galloping, snorting and eagerness for battle are described (Job 39). Metonymically, cavalry.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סוּס

m. dec. i. • Page 471

1. a horse. Gen. 47: 17. Is. 2: 7. 2. a swallow. Is. 38: 14. Jer. 8: 7.

Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἵππων ἵππον ἵππουσ ἵπποι ἵπποσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5483b:

ἵππων 31× (19.7%)

ἵππον 23× (14.9%)

ἵππουσ 23× (14.3%)

ἵπποι 21× (13.2%)

ἵπποσ 11× (7.0%)

ἵππου 10× (6.7%)

ἵπποισ 9× (5.4%)

ὡσ 6× (4.2%)

pἐφ' 3× (2.1%)

ἵππῳ 3× (2.0%)

ועלו וַעֲלוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

עלה

ʻâlâh

Definition

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5927

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

I. To be high, above, aloft, to be elevated, raised high. To go to a height, to ascend, to go up (opposite יָרַד). To shoot up, of plants, to sprout. To go or come up, often applied to going from a low to a higher region.

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

II. The reverse of יָרַד; specifically used for going to Assyria, or going into a desert, or pilgrimages to holy places (usually higher).

עָלָה

verb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

To go up, ascend, rise. Used for: going to a higher place, overcoming, subduing, overflowing (river), spreading upwards, leading up, mounting up, increasing, prancing, springing upon, crying out, reaching, or amounting to.

עָלָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

To offer a burnt-offering (context of the usage of the verb regarding sacrifice).

עָלָה

intransitive verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

II. 1. To glow, burn, blaze (of sacrifices, flame, anger, wrath). 2. To sprout, grow (of plants). 3. To lighten, shine (of dawn).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָלָה

verb • Page 508

To go up, ascend, mount. Applied to people (ascending to a country or place of judgment), things (roads leading, countries extending, lots coming up), plants (shooting or growing up), or metaphorically (rising in value, advancing, excelling, coming to mind). Includes derived forms: Niph. (to be brought up, driven away, or exalted) and Hiph. (to lead or bring up, present an offering, take away, or enroll). (Is. 14:14, Ex. 24:13, Gen. 49:4, Prov. 21:22, Gen. 13:1, Jer. 48:15, Job 36:33, Prov. 24:31, Am. 8:8, 1 K. 22:35, Deut. 28:43, Ezra 1:11, Ps. 47:10, Gen. 37:28, Is. 57:6, Lev. 14:20).

עִלָּה

chald. n.f. • Root עלל • Page 509

A cause, occasion, or pretext. Found in Dan. 6: 5, 6.

Conjunction, Verb Qal imperative second person masculine plural

LXX: ἀνέβη ἀνέβησαν ἀναβήσεται ἀνάβηθι ἀνήνεγκεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5927:

ἀνέβη 144× (15.2%)

ἀνέβησαν 56× (5.8%)

ἀναβήσεται 42× (4.5%)

ἀνάβηθι 29× (3.3%)

ἀνήνεγκεν 23× (2.3%)

ἀναβῆναι 18× (1.9%)

ἀνήγαγεν 18× (1.9%)

ἀνάβητε 16× (1.8%)

--- 15× (1.7%)

ἀναβῇ 14× (1.6%)

הפרשים הַפָּרָשִׁים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

פרש

pârâsh

Definition

a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry

Root

from H6567 (פרש); (compare H5483 (סוס))

Exhaustive

from פרש; (compare סוס); a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry; horseman.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6571

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פָּרָשׁ

noun masculine • Root פרש • Strongs / High • Page 1198

1. a horse; hence a horseman (cavalry).

Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἱππεῖσ ἱππέων ἵπποισ ἱππέωσ ἵππων

LXX Usage Statistics

H6571a:

ἱππεῖσ 18× (30.7%)

ἱππέων 11× (20.4%)

ἵπποισ 6× (9.2%)

ἱππέωσ 3× (5.7%)

ἵππων 2× (4.0%)

--- 2× (4.0%)

ἱππεὺσ 2× (3.4%)

ἱππεῦσιν 2× (3.1%)

ἀναβάτασ 2× (3.1%)

והתיצבו וְהִתְיַצְּבוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יצב

yâtsab

Definition

to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue; present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3320

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָצַב

verb • Root יצב • Strongs / High • Page 633

(Kal not used) Transitive: to set, to put, to place. Intransitive: to be firmly in a place, to stand firm or sit, to lie firmly.

יָצַב

verb • Root יצב • Strongs / High • Page 929

A root that interchanges with נָצַב, showing y/n interchange.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָצַב

verb • Root נצב • Page 292

To place. In Kal not used. In Hithpa. (הִתְיַצֵּב): (1) to place or present one's self (Ex. 2:4, Job 33:5); (2) to stand before any one, as a conqueror or in a judicial sense (Deut. 9:2, Job 41:2); (3) to stand by, to assist (Ps. 94:16).

Conjunction, Verb Hithpael imperative second person masculine plural

LXX: ἀντιστήσεται παραστῆναι κατάστητε στῆθι παράστηθι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3320:

ἀντιστήσεται 4× (7.8%)

παραστῆναι 4× (7.8%)

κατάστητε 4× (7.5%)

στῆθι 3× (5.3%)

παράστηθι 2× (3.9%)

δεῖ 2× (3.9%)

στῆτε 2× (3.6%)

παρέστη 2× (3.6%)

παρέστησαν 2× (3.6%)

παρεστάναι 2× (3.3%)

בכובעים בְּכוֹבָעים

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כובע

kôwbaʻ

Definition

a helmet (as arched)

Root

from an unused root meaning to be high or rounded;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be high or rounded; a helmet (as arched); helmet. Compare קובע.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3553

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כּוֹבַע

noun • Root קבע • Strongs / High • Page 681

m. a helmet, of the warrior, same as קוֹבַע. So called from its round, projecting form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כּוֹבַע

m. dec. ii. c. • Page 310

Helmet, usually of metal among the Hebrews. (1 Sam. 17:5; Ezek. 27:10; 38:5). Elsewhere written קוֹבַע.

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: περικεφαλαίασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3553:

περικεφαλαίασ 2× (33.3%)

מרקו מִרְקוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מרק

mâraq

Definition

to polish; by implication, to sharpen; also to rinse

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to polish; by implication, to sharpen; also to rinse; bright, furbish, scour.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4838

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מָרַק

verb • Root מרק • Strongs / High • Page 910

1. To rub in pieces, to dissolve pieces of flesh by moistening and soaking. 2. To rub, i.e., to make soft, pliant.

מָרַק

verb • Strongs / High • Page 911

To rub the skin with oil; to rub in, press into; to rub fine, polish; to sharpen.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָרַק

verb • Root מרק • Page 408

To cleanse, polish, furbish, as metals. (2 Chr. 4:16; Jer. 46:4). Pu. pass. (Lev. 6:21).

Verb Qal imperative second person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H4838:

No stats available

הרמחים הָרְמָחִים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

רמח

rômach

Definition

a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point

Root

from an unused root meaning to hurl;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point; buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7420

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רֶמַח

noun masculine • Root רמח • Consonantal / Low • Page 1341

A lance, a spear, belonging to the heavy-armed; used especially of the point.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

רָמַח

verb • Root רמה • Consonantal / Low • Page 1341

(Not used) tr. to pierce, to penetrate, to beat, to strike.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רֹ֫מַח

noun masculine • Page 621

a spear, javelin, (as a part of heavy armour.) Num. 25: 7. Judg. 5: 8. Jer. 46: 4.

Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: δόρατα λόγχασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7420:

δόρατα 5× (31.8%)

λόγχασ 2× (13.9%)

לבשו לִבְשׁוּ

a vestment/robe of himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לבש

lâbash

Definition

properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

Root

or לבש; a primitive root;

Exhaustive

or לבש; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively; (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3847

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לָבַשׁ

verb • Root לבש • Strongs / High • Page 769

Properly, to enwrap, to veil, to bind about, to wrap round. Hence: 1. To put on a garment. 2. Figuratively, to put on a virtue, a vice, or a quality. 3. To be clothed. 4. To copulate, as applied to animals.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לָבַשׁ, לָבֵשׁ

verb • Page 341

1. to put on; construed with an accus. of the garment, Lev. 6:3, 4; 16: 23, 24, 32. with ב, Est. 6: 8. 2. metaphorically in very many connexions. Ps. 104: 1. Job 7: 5. Ps. 65: 14. To put on righteousness, Job 29: 14. To put on salvation, 2 Chr. 6: 41.

Verb Qal imperative second person masculine plural

LXX: ἐνδύσεται ἐνέδυσεν ἔνδυσαι ἐνδύσονται ἐνεδύσατο

LXX Usage Statistics

H3847:

ἐνδύσεται 10× (8.5%)

ἐνέδυσεν 8× (6.8%)

ἔνδυσαι 6× (5.2%)

ἐνδύσονται 6× (5.2%)

ἐνεδύσατο 6× (4.9%)

ἐνδύσω 4× (3.4%)

ἐνδύσεισ 4× (3.3%)

--- 3× (2.7%)

αὐτοὺσ 3× (1.9%)

ἐνδεδυμένοσ 2× (1.8%)

הסרינת הַסִּרְיֹנֹת׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

סרין

çiryôn

Definition

a coat of mail

Root

for H8302 (שריון);

Exhaustive

for שריון; a coat of mail; brigandine.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5630

Particle definite article, Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5630:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Harness the horses, and come up, ye horsemen, and stand in the helmets; polish the spears, and put on the coats of mail.

LITV Translation:
Harness the horses, and mount, O horsemen. Yea, stand with helmets, polish the spears, put on coats of mail.