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Jeremiah 52:23

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vayihyvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הָֽרִמֹּנִ֔יםharimonimthe pomegranateרִמּוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the pomegranate”, the ordinary formH7416a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)pomegranate.תִּשְׁעִ֥יםtishimninetyתִּשְׁעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “ninety”, the ordinary formH8673ninetyninety.וְשִׁשָּׁ֖הveshishahand sixשֵׁשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “and six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.ר֑וּחָהruchahangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute, directional ending — “anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָרִמּוֹנִ֥יםharimonimthe pomegranateרִמּוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the pomegranate”, the ordinary formH7416a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)pomegranate.מֵאָ֛הmeahhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַשְּׂבָכָ֖הhasvakhahthe snareשְׂבָכָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the snare”, the ordinary formH7639a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to apillarchecker, lattice, network, snare, wreath(-enwork).סָבִֽיבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the pomegranates are ninety and six on a side, all the pomegranates [are] a hundred on the net-work round about.

World English Bible

There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.

Darby Translation

And there were ninety-six pomegranates on the [four] sides; all the pomegranates upon the network were a hundred round about.

Douay-Rheims

And there were ninety-six pomegranates hanging down: and the pomegranates being a hundred in all, were compassed with network.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the pomegranates were ninety-six on a side; and all the pomegranates on the network round about were a hundred.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦσαν αἱ ῥοαὶ ἐννενηκονταὲξ τὸ ἓν μέρος, καὶ ἦσαν αἱ πᾶσαι ῥοαὶ ἑκατὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ δικτύου κύκλῳ.