The Meaning of Jeremiah 52:22 Explained

Jeremiah 52:22

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Jeremiah 52:22 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 52:22 mean?

And a capital of [was] on it bronze and the height of capital one [was] five cubits and with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around all of bronze And like these Pillar the second and with pomegranates
וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת עָלָ֜יו נְחֹ֗שֶׁת וְקוֹמַ֨ת הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הָאַחַת֮ חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּוֹת֒ וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה וְרִמּוֹנִ֧ים עַֽל־ הַכּוֹתֶ֛רֶת סָבִ֖יב הַכֹּ֣ל נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה לַֽעַמּ֥וּד הַשֵּׁנִ֖י וְרִמּוֹנִֽים

וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת  And  a  capital 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כֹּתֶרֶת  
Sense: capital crown, capital of a pillar.
עָלָ֜יו  of  [was]  on  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
נְחֹ֗שֶׁת  bronze 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
וְקוֹמַ֨ת  and  the  height 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: קֹומָה  
Sense: height.
הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת  of  capital 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כֹּתֶרֶת  
Sense: capital crown, capital of a pillar.
הָאַחַת֮  one 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
חָמֵ֣שׁ  [was]  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
אַמּוֹת֒  cubits 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אַמָּה 
Sense: cubit—a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 8 in (.
וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה  and  with  a  network 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׂבָכָה  
Sense: network, lattice-work, net, netting.
וְרִמּוֹנִ֧ים  and  pomegranates 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: רִמֹּון  
Sense: pomegranate.
הַכּוֹתֶ֛רֶת  the  capital 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כֹּתֶרֶת  
Sense: capital crown, capital of a pillar.
סָבִ֖יב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת  of  bronze 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה  And  like  these 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
לַֽעַמּ֥וּד  Pillar 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַמּוּד  
Sense: pillar, column.
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י  the  second 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.
וְרִמּוֹנִֽים  and  with  pomegranates 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: רִמֹּון  
Sense: pomegranate.