The Meaning of Jeremiah 52:16 Explained

Jeremiah 52:16

KJV: But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

YLT: and of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

Darby: But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

ASV: But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But Nebuzaradan  the captain  of the guard  left  [certain] of the poor  of the land  for vinedressers  and for husbandmen. 

What does Jeremiah 52:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 52

1  Zedekiah rebels
4  Jerusalem is besieged and taken
8  Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out,
12  Nebuzaradan burns and spoils the city
24  He carries away the captives
28  The number of Jews carried captive
31  Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 52:16 mean?

But [some] of the poor of the land left Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard as vinedressers and farmers
וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֕יר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־ טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים

וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת  But  [some]  of  the  poor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: דַּלָּה 
Sense: hair, threads, thrum (threads of warp hanging in loom).
הָאָ֔רֶץ  of  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
הִשְׁאִ֕יר  left 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁאַר  
Sense: to remain, be left over, be left behind.
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן  Nebuzaradan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן 
Sense: a general of Nebuchadnezzar’s army at the capture of Jerusalem.
רַב־  the  captain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
טַבָּחִ֑ים  of  the  guard 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: טַבָּח  
Sense: executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman.
לְכֹרְמִ֖ים  as  vinedressers 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: כָּרַם 
Sense: to tend vines or vineyards, to dress vines or vineyards.
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים  and  farmers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָגַב  
Sense: (Qal) to till, be a husbandman.

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