Jeremiah 52:16

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ומדלות וּמִדַּלּוֹת

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

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

דלה

dallâh

Definition

properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent

Root

from H1802 (דלה);

Exhaustive

from דלה; properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent; hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1803

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דַּלָּה

noun / feminine • Root דלל • Strongs / High • Page 369

1. (from דָּלַל 1) poverty, scantiness, smallness; concrete the small, the poor, i.e. the people. 2. thread-work, thrum, licium, by which the web is fastened to the weaver's beam. 3. locks of hair, hair-braids.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָ

unknown • Root מה • Page 350

See מָה Note.

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun common feminine plural construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H1803b:

No stats available

הארץ הָאָרֶץ

the Earthly One

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

ארץ

ʼerets

Definition

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Root

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;

Exhaustive

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H776

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

(Not used) To be hard, firm, dense. (Root of the following noun)

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

Earth, as firm land i.e. a dense firm mass, in opposition to water. Includes meanings: a) the earth in opposition to heaven; b) earth as an element/material; c) the ground; d) piece of land/field; e) land of habitation or fatherland.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

noun masculine • Page 73

Earth, land. (masc. rarely, Gen. 13: 6; Is. 9: 18).

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Page 74

1. earth; also inhabitants of the earth, Gen. 6:11. 11:1. 2. land; e.g. אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם the land of Egypt. Sometimes Palestine, Joel 1:2. 3. jurisdiction of a city. Josh. 8:1. Plur. אֲרָצוֹת lands.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0776:

No stats available

השאיר הִשְׁאִ֕יר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שאר

shâʼar

Definition

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant; leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7604

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁאַר

verb • Root שאר • Strongs / High • Page 1369

(I) To be left, to remain. Hifil (הִשְׁאִיר): to let remain, to leave; also intransitive to be left.

שָׁאַר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1369

(II, not used intr.) To swell, to be thick, of the growth of full flesh. Related to בָּשָׂר III.

שָׁאַר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1369

(III, not used intr.) To ferment, to swell up, of dough; also applied to anger.

שָׁאַר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1369

(IV, not used intr.) Same as שָׁאַר III.

שָׁאַר

verb (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 1369

(V, not used Aram.) Same as Hebrew שָׁאַר I: to be left, to remain.

שָׁאַר

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 1363

Example used in comparison of sibilants.

שָׁאַר

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 1363

Example used in comparison of sibilants (flat t-sound).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁאַר

verb • Page 649

To remain. Niph. 1. to remain, to be left. 2. to continue, to be kept back. Hiph. 1. to let remain, to leave. 2. to leave behind. 3. intrans. to be left, to remain.

Verb Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: κατελείφθη --- καταλιπεῖν ὑπελείφθη ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H7604:

κατελείφθη 15× (11.7%)

--- 8× (6.4%)

καταλιπεῖν 6× (4.6%)

ὑπελείφθη 5× (4.0%)

'' 5× (3.4%)

καταλειφθῆναι 4× (3.2%)

ὑπολειφθήσονται 4× (3.2%)

κατέλιπεν 4× (3.1%)

κατελείφθησαν 3× (2.3%)

κατέλιπον 3× (2.4%)

נבוזראדן נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נבוזראדן

Nᵉbûwzarʼădân

Definition

Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian general

Root

of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

xlit Nᵉbûwzarădân corrected to Nᵉbûwzarʼădân; of foreign origin; Nebuzaradan, a Babylonian general; Nebuzaradan.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5018

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Fürst Lexicon

נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 935

Chaldee n. p. of the distinguished general of Nebuchadnezzar, who destroyed completely Jerusalem, usually bearing the surname רַב טַבָּחִים (head of the palace-guard).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ναβουζαρδαν ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5018:

ναβουζαρδαν 7× (50.2%)

'' 7× (42.7%)

רב רַב־

multiplying one/abundantly

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רב

rab

Definition

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Root

by contracted from H7231 (רבב);

Exhaustive

by contracted from רבב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7227

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רַב

adjective / adv. / substantive • Root רבב • Strongs / High • Page 1313

Adjective meaning many, numerous; great, extended, wide, long (of time), violent, strong, or grievous. Also used as an adverb meaning much, in great number, enough, strongly, or richly. Used substantively meaning a great one, a mighty one, or oldest.

רַב

adjective / noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1314

great, large, numerous, much, abundant; also meaning chief, head, commander, captain, president, chamberlain, master; principal persons, judges, nobility; fullness, multitude, mass, quantity, totality. Used as adj. and sometimes adverbially.

רַב

aram. adj. m. (aramaic) • Root רבב • Strongs / High • Page 1314

Aramaic adjective (masc. and fem. רַבָּא) meaning great, in the widest sense, of kingdom, gold, stone, God; large.

רַב

noun masculine • Root רבב • Strongs / High • Page 1314

multitude, mass, plenty, great quantity, fullness, totality (singular collective noun). Plur. constr. רַבֵּי.

רַב

adjective • Root רבה • Strongs / High • Page 1315

Many, numerous; great, large. (Aramaic equivalent: רַבָּא).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רַב

verb • Root רבב • Page 604

1. Much, many, numerous (Num. 32:1). Also as adv. much, exceedingly, enough (Ps. 123:3, Gen. 33:9). 2. Great, mighty (Ps. 31:20, Is. 63:1). 3. Older, major natu (Gen. 25:23). 4. As a subst. a chief, captain, leader (2 K. 25:8, Dan. 1:3).

רַב

chald. • Root רבב • Page 604

1. Great (Dan. 2:10, 31). 2. Subst. a chief, head, captain (Dan. 5:11, 2:48). Plur. רַבְרְבִין (Dan. 3:33).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: πολλὰ πολλῶν πολλοὶ πολὺ πολλοῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7227a:

πολλὰ 37× (7.8%)

πολλῶν 30× (6.3%)

πολλοὶ 28× (5.7%)

πολὺ 18× (3.6%)

πολλοῖσ 17× (3.4%)

'' 17× (3.1%)

πλείουσ 15× (3.1%)

ἀρχιμάγειροσ 15× (2.7%)

πολὺσ 15× (3.1%)

--- 14× (3.0%)

טבחים טַבָּחים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

טבח

ṭabbâch

Definition

properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)

Root

from H2873 (טבח);

Exhaustive

from טבח; properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food); cook, guard.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2876

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טַבָּח

noun • Strongs / High • Page 551

To execute sentences of death, as a commander of the royal palace-guard.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טַבָּח

noun masculine • Root טבח • Page 259

a slaughterer; hence 1. a cook. 1 Sam. 9: 23, 24. 2. an executioner, one who inflicts capital punishment. Often the captain of the body guard, who was also the king's chief executioner. 2 K. 25: 8. Jer. 39: 9. Gen. 37: 36.

טַבָּח

chald. • Page 259

an executioner, member of the body guard. Dan. 2: 14.

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἀρχιμάγειροσ '' ἀρχιμαγείρου

LXX Usage Statistics

H2876:

ἀρχιμάγειροσ 16× (51.9%)

'' 6× (19.2%)

ἀρχιμαγείρου 3× (9.6%)

לכרמים לְכֹרְמים

to the Vineyards

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כרם

kôrêm

Definition

a vinedresser

Root

active participle of an imaginary denominative from H3754 (כרם);

Exhaustive

active participle of an imaginary denominative from כרם; a vinedresser; vine dresser (as one or two words).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3755

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָם

noun / epithet • Root רמם • Consonantal / Low • Page 1340

Identical with רָם Job 32, 2, abridged from רָאמ; also an epithet of God found in many proper names (like אֲבִירָם, אַבְרָם, יְהוֹרָם).

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἀμπελουργοὺσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3755:

ἀμπελουργοὺσ 2× (38.6%)

וליגבים וּלְיֹגְבִים׃

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

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יגב

yâgab

Definition

to dig or plow

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to dig or plow; husbandman.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3009

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָגַב

verb • Root יגב • Strongs / High • Page 575

To dig, to dig through, e. g. arable land, with hoe and mattock.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יֶגֶב

noun masculine • Root יגב • Page 269

a field. Jer. 39: 10.

יָגַב

verb • Root יגב • Page 269

to plough, till. Part. יוֹגְבִים ploughmen, husbandmen, 2 K. 25: 12 Keri. Jer. 52: 16.

Conjunction, Preposition, Verb Qal participle active masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H3009:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And from the weak of the land, Nebuzaradan chief of the cooks left for vine-dressers and for ploughmen.

LITV Translation:
But Nebu-zaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen.