Jeremiah 51:21

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ונפצתי וְנִפַּצְתִּי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

נפץ

nâphats

Definition

to dash to pieces, or scatter

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to dash to pieces, or scatter; be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5310

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָפַץ

verb • Root נפץ • Strongs / High • Page 981

1. (intransitive) to be dispersed, to be scattered about, to be driven away. 2. (transitive) to scatter, to disperse, to fling about, to throw about, to reduce to ruins.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָפַץ

verb • Root פוץ • Page 450

Equivalent to synonymous root פוּץ. 1. To dash or break in pieces (Judg. 7:19, Jer. 22:28). 2. To scatter or disperse (Is. 11:12). 3. Reflexive: to spread abroad (1 Sam. 13:11, Is. 33:3, Gen. 9:19). Pi'el: to break or dash in pieces (Ps. 2:9, 137:9); to disperse or scatter (Jer. 13:14, Dan. 12:17).

conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential perfect first person common singular

LXX: διασκορπιῶ διεσπάρησαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5310a:

διασκορπιῶ 10× (36.3%)

διεσπάρησαν 2× (7.9%)

בך בְךָ

within yourself

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

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9031

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּ

preposition • Page 84

A preposition with various meanings: 4. by (swearing, Gen. 22:16); 5. through (Num. 12:2); 6. upon (Num. 14:10); 7. to a place or thing (Judg. 6:35); 8. against (Gen. 16:12); 9. concerning (after 'to speak'); 10. out of, from (Gen. 44:5); 11. among; 12. before (Gen. 23:18); 13. for (Deut. 19:21); 14. on account of (Gen. 18:28); 15. after, according to (Gen. 1:26); 16. as (Job 34:36); 17. used with verbs of sense; 18. Beth essentiae (Jehovah is among my helpers, Ps. 118:7); 19. before an infinitive: when, while, after, since (Gen. 2:4).

בּ

prefix • Page 83

A prefix preposition with various meanings: 1. In or into a place/subject. 2. With, denoting an instrument, aid, or concomitance. 3. On, at, or near.

Preposition -Within Art, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

סוס סוּס

horse

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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.

Noun common both singular 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%)

ורכבו וְרֹכְבוֹ

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

רכב

râkab

Definition

to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch; bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7392

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָכַב

verb • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 735

To ride.

רָכַב

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1337

I. or רָקַב (part. רֹכֵב, inf. constr. רְכֹב, imp. רְכַב, fut. יִרְכַּב) intr. prop. to lie upon, to be bent, on a thing. Aram. רְכַב the same.

רָכַב

verb • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 1338

To ride (Latin vehi), usually with 'al (על) of the animal; also, to proceed along. (Hifil means 'to cause to ride or proceed,' 'to subdue,' or 'to tame,' metaphorically.)

רָכַב

verb • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 1338

To fit together, to fit in, to bind, unite, into a troop; in modern Hebrew, to put together, to inoculate, to cram.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָכַב

verb • Page 618

1. to ride, on the back of an animal. 2. to ride, in a vehicle. Hiph. to cause to ride, on the back of an animal.

רַכָּב

noun masculine • Root רכב • Page 619

1. a horseman. 2 K. 9:17. 2. a charioteer, driver of a war chariot. 1 K. 22:34.

Conjunction, Verb Qal participle active masculine singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπιβεβηκότεσ ἀναβάτην ἀναβάται ἀνεβίβασεν ἐπιβεβηκὼσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7392:

ἐπιβεβηκότεσ 6× (7.6%)

ἀναβάτην 5× (5.5%)

ἀναβάται 4× (5.1%)

ἀνεβίβασεν 4× (4.9%)

ἐπιβεβηκὼσ 3× (3.8%)

ἐπεκάθισαν 3× (3.4%)

ἐπέβη 3× (3.4%)

ἀναβάτασ 2× (2.5%)

ἐπεβίβασεν 2× (2.3%)

ἐπιβεβηκότι 2× (2.3%)

ונפצתי וְנִפַּצְתִּי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

נפץ

nâphats

Definition

to dash to pieces, or scatter

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to dash to pieces, or scatter; be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5310

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָפַץ

verb • Root נפץ • Strongs / High • Page 981

1. (intransitive) to be dispersed, to be scattered about, to be driven away. 2. (transitive) to scatter, to disperse, to fling about, to throw about, to reduce to ruins.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָפַץ

verb • Root פוץ • Page 450

Equivalent to synonymous root פוּץ. 1. To dash or break in pieces (Judg. 7:19, Jer. 22:28). 2. To scatter or disperse (Is. 11:12). 3. Reflexive: to spread abroad (1 Sam. 13:11, Is. 33:3, Gen. 9:19). Pi'el: to break or dash in pieces (Ps. 2:9, 137:9); to disperse or scatter (Jer. 13:14, Dan. 12:17).

conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential perfect first person common singular

LXX: διασκορπιῶ διεσπάρησαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5310a:

διασκορπιῶ 10× (36.3%)

διεσπάρησαν 2× (7.9%)

בך בְךָ

within yourself

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

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9031

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּ

preposition • Page 84

A preposition with various meanings: 4. by (swearing, Gen. 22:16); 5. through (Num. 12:2); 6. upon (Num. 14:10); 7. to a place or thing (Judg. 6:35); 8. against (Gen. 16:12); 9. concerning (after 'to speak'); 10. out of, from (Gen. 44:5); 11. among; 12. before (Gen. 23:18); 13. for (Deut. 19:21); 14. on account of (Gen. 18:28); 15. after, according to (Gen. 1:26); 16. as (Job 34:36); 17. used with verbs of sense; 18. Beth essentiae (Jehovah is among my helpers, Ps. 118:7); 19. before an infinitive: when, while, after, since (Gen. 2:4).

בּ

prefix • Page 83

A prefix preposition with various meanings: 1. In or into a place/subject. 2. With, denoting an instrument, aid, or concomitance. 3. On, at, or near.

Preposition -Within Art, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

רכב רֶכֶב

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רכב

rekeb

Definition

a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone

Root

from H7392 (רכב);

Exhaustive

from רכב; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone; chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7393

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רֶכֶב

noun masculine • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 1338

A wagon, an easy chariot; commonly a war-chariot. Also, the upper millstone (the runner, Deut. 24, 6).

רֶכֶב

noun masculine • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 1338

Prop. union, and so a team, a draught (of horses, asses, camels), or a troop (of men or riders). (Derived from רָכַב II.)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רַכָּב

noun masculine • Root רכב • Page 619

1. a horseman. 2 K. 9:17. 2. a charioteer, driver of a war chariot. 1 K. 22:34.

רֶכֶב

noun masculine • Root רכב • Page 619

1. cavalry. Is. 21:7. 2. a chariot or wagon. Judg. 5:28. Usually as a collective noun, chariots, a train of chariots, Gen. 50:9. Particularly war-chariots, Ex. 14:9. 3. the upper mill stone, the runner. Deut. 24:6. 2 Sam. 11:21.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἅρματα ἁρμάτων ἅρμα ἅρμασιν ἀναβάτην

LXX Usage Statistics

H7393:

ἅρματα 38× (30.0%)

ἁρμάτων 27× (20.7%)

ἅρμα 13× (10.3%)

ἅρμασιν 9× (6.5%)

ἀναβάτην 5× (4.0%)

ἵπποσ 4× (3.1%)

ἵππον 3× (2.1%)

ἅρματοσ 3× (2.1%)

ἅρματι 3× (1.8%)

ἐφ' 2× (1.8%)

ורכבו וְרֹכְבוֹ׃

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

רכב

râkab

Definition

to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch; bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7392

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָכַב

verb • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 735

To ride.

רָכַב

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1337

I. or רָקַב (part. רֹכֵב, inf. constr. רְכֹב, imp. רְכַב, fut. יִרְכַּב) intr. prop. to lie upon, to be bent, on a thing. Aram. רְכַב the same.

רָכַב

verb • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 1338

To ride (Latin vehi), usually with 'al (על) of the animal; also, to proceed along. (Hifil means 'to cause to ride or proceed,' 'to subdue,' or 'to tame,' metaphorically.)

רָכַב

verb • Root רכב • Strongs / High • Page 1338

To fit together, to fit in, to bind, unite, into a troop; in modern Hebrew, to put together, to inoculate, to cram.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָכַב

verb • Page 618

1. to ride, on the back of an animal. 2. to ride, in a vehicle. Hiph. to cause to ride, on the back of an animal.

רַכָּב

noun masculine • Root רכב • Page 619

1. a horseman. 2 K. 9:17. 2. a charioteer, driver of a war chariot. 1 K. 22:34.

Conjunction, Verb Qal participle active masculine singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπιβεβηκότεσ ἀναβάτην ἀναβάται ἀνεβίβασεν ἐπιβεβηκὼσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7392:

ἐπιβεβηκότεσ 6× (7.6%)

ἀναβάτην 5× (5.5%)

ἀναβάται 4× (5.1%)

ἀνεβίβασεν 4× (4.9%)

ἐπιβεβηκὼσ 3× (3.8%)

ἐπεκάθισαν 3× (3.4%)

ἐπέβη 3× (3.4%)

ἀναβάτασ 2× (2.5%)

ἐπεβίβασεν 2× (2.3%)

ἐπιβεβηκότι 2× (2.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And I broke in pieces with thee the horse and his rider; and I broke in pieces with thee the chariot and its charioteer;

LITV Translation:
And with you I will shatter the horse and his rider, and with you I will shatter the chariot and his charioteer.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Did not the Lord remember the incense which ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, and your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land? and came it not into his heart?