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Jeremiah 48:17

“All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נוּדnûwd · nood
H5110 · Hebrew

Definition: to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.
Grammar: נֻ֤דוּ — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HVqv2mp
Usage: Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:12 Genesis 4:14 1 Kings 14:15 2 Kings 21:8 Job 2:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.