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Jeremiah 13:14

“And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָפַץnâphats · naw-fats'
H5310 · Hebrew

Definition: to dash to pieces, or scatter
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
נִפַּצְתִּי — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular
ם֩ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp
Usage: Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:19 Judges 7:19 1 Samuel 13:11 1 Kings 5:23 Psalms 2:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָפַץ here.

Verse 13 Verse 15

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.