Jeremiah 52:22

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Jeremiah 52:22 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    A capital of bronze was on top of it. The capital was five cubits high, with latticework and pomegranates all around. It was all made of bronze. The other pillar and its pomegranates were the same as the first.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like unto these, and pomegranates.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like unto these, and pomegranates.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And a chapiter of brasse was vpon it, and the height of one chapiter was fiue cubites with networke, and pomegranates vpon the chapiters round about, all of brasse: the seconde pillar also, and the pomegranates were like vnto these.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And chapiters of brass were upon both: and the height of one chapiter was five cubits: and network, and pomegranates were upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The same of the second pillar, and the pomegranates.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And the chapiter upon it `is' of brass, and the height of the one chapiter `is' five cubits, and net-work and pomegranates `are' on the chapiter round about, the whole `is' of brass; and like these have the second pillar, and pomegranates.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the capital on it [is] of bronze, and the height of the one capital [is] five cubits, and network and pomegranates [are] on the capital all around, the whole [is] of bronze; and like these—the second pillar—and pomegranates.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    A capital of bronze was on top of it. The capital was five cubits high, with latticework and pomegranates all around. It was all made of bronze. The other pillar and its pomegranates were the same as the first.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    A capital of bronze was on top of it. The capital was five cubits high, with latticework and pomegranates all around. It was all made of bronze. The other pillar and its pomegranates were the same as the first.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the one capital [was] five cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass; and similarly for the second pillar, and the pomegranates.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also had the same, with pomegranates.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And a capital of brass was upon it; and the hight of one capital was five cubits, with net-work and pomegranates upon the capitals around, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like to these.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The bronze capital on top of one column was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates around it. The second column was the same, and also had a decorative network.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And there was a crown of brass on it: the crown was five cubits high, circled with a network and apples all of brass; and the second pillar had the same.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass; and the second pillar also had like unto these, and pomegranates.

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וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה
sᵉbâkâh
H7639
“and · network”
Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7638

TWOT: 2230b

network, lattice-work, net, netting - lattice - net-ornament (on pillars) - network, toils (for catching animals)
  1. וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת kôthereth H3805 “and · capital” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  2. עָלָ֜יו ʻal H5921 “upon · him” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. נְחֹ֗שֶׁת nᵉchôsheth H5178 “bronze” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  4. וְקוֹמַ֨ת qôwmâh H6967 “and · height of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  5. הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת kôthereth H3805 “the · capital” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  6. הָאַחַת֮ ʼechâd H259 “the · one” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  7. חָמֵ֣שׁ châmêsh H2568 “five” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  8. אַמּוֹת֒ ʼammâh H520 “cubits” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
  9. וְרִמּוֹנִ֧ים rimmôwn H7416 “and · pomegranates” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  10. עַֽל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  11. הַכּוֹתֶ֛רֶת kôthereth H3805 “the · capital” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  12. סָבִ֖יב çâbîyb H5439 “round about” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  13. הַכֹּ֣ל kôl H3605 “the · all” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  14. נְחֹ֑שֶׁת nᵉchôsheth H5178 “bronze” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  15. וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה ʼêl-leh H428 “and · like/as · these” Conjunction + Preposition + Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural
  16. לַֽעַמּ֥וּד ʻammûwd H5982 “to/for the · pillar” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  17. הַשֵּׁנִ֖י shênîy H8145 “the · second” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Ordinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  18. וְרִמּוֹנִֽים rimmôwn H7416 “and · pomegranates” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute

About this verse

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19
words
14
distinct lemmas
Prophets
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה network H7639 — appearing just 16 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה network H7639 occurs in 12 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 13 nouns
  • 3 adjectives
  • 1 pronoun
  • 2 prepositions

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת capital H3805 ×3
  • עָלָ֜יו upon H5921 ×2
  • נְחֹ֗שֶׁת bronze H5178 ×2
  • וְרִמּוֹנִ֧ים pomegranate H7416 ×2

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Jeremiah 52:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Exodus 28:14–22 and two chains of pure gold; you make them like cords shall, of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.
  • Exodus 28:25 The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart of it.
  • 1 Kings 7:16–17 He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
  • 2 Kings 25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
  • 2 Chronicles 3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:12–13 the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
  • Exodus 39:15–18 They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Jeremiah 52:22 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת עָלָ֜יו נְחֹ֗שֶׁת וְקוֹמַ֨ת הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הָאַחַת֮ חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּוֹת֒ וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה וְרִמּוֹנִ֧ים עַֽל הַכּוֹתֶ֛רֶת סָבִ֖יב הַכֹּ֣ל נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה לַֽעַמּ֥וּד הַשֵּׁנִ֖י וְרִמּוֹנִֽים

A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Structure differs

In the Septuagint, Jeremiah is about an eighth shorter than the Hebrew and arranges its material differently — the Oracles Against the Nations (Hebrew chapters 46–51) appear in the middle of the Greek book, after 25:13. Because the chapter and verse boundaries do not line up, a verse-for-verse comparison with the Hebrew is not shown.

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Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וְקָרוּנְתְּהוֹן עֲלוֹהִי דִנְחָשָׁא וְרוּמָא דְקָרוּנְתְּהוֹן חֲדָא חֲמֵשׁ אַמִין וּסְרִיגְתָּא וְרִמוֹנַיָא עַל קְרוּנְתְּהוֹן סְחוֹר סְחוֹר כּוֹלָא נְחָשָׁא וּכְאִלֵין לְעַמוּדָא תִנְיָנָא וְרִמוֹנַיָא:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Jeremiah 52:22 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

five cubits--so Kg1 7:16. But Kg2 25:17 has "three cubits." There were two parts in the chapiter: the one lower and plain, of two cubits; the other, higher and curiously carved, of three cubits. The former is omitted in Kg2 25:17, as belonging to the shaft of the pillar; the latter alone is there mentioned. Here the whole chapiter of five cubits is referred to.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 22. See Clarke on Jer 52:18.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

22. a chapiter] a capital.

five cubits] From this, which agrees with 1Ki_7:16, we must correct the “three cubits” of 2Ki_25:17, unless we take the smaller number to denote the actual measurement of the network of the chapiter, excluding the pomegranates.

and pomegranates] The Heb. for “network” seems to have dropped out accidentally before these words, while conversely “network” has been retained, and the words “and pomegranates” apparently dropped out through inadvertence in 2Ki_25:17.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side,.... Or, "to the wind" (e); to the four winds; towards every corner or wind twenty four, which make up ninety six:

and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about; four, standing upon the four angles, made the ninety six a hundred; in Kg1 7:20; they are said to be two hundred; and in Ch2 4:13; are said to be four hundred upon the two wreaths; which may be accounted for thus, there were two rows of them on each pillar, in every row were a hundred, which made two hundred in one pillar, and four hundred in both. These were the things in the temple carried away in the last captivity.

(e) "ad ventum", Montanus; "ad omnem ventum", Tigurine version; so Ben Melech; "versus ventos", Schmidt; "ventum versus", Piscator; "in ventum", Cocceius.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

All of brass, etc.; rather, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar, and pomegranates.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

capital

This is the top part of each pillar.

five cubits

A cubit was about 46 centimeters long. AT: "5 cubits" or "about 2.3 meters" (See: Biblical Distance)

translationWords

pomegranate

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Jeremiah, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 19 words (14 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is sᵉbâkâh (“network”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “network” (sᵉbâkâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. 1 Kings 7:17 shares the word «network» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “capital” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. Reading how Jamieson, Fausset & Brown and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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