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Jeremiah 51:22

“With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;” (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
  • נִפַּצְתִּ֤י — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vpq1cs
Usage
Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:19Judges 7:191 Samuel 13:111 Kings 5:23Psalms 2:9

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.