Lexicon
יָגַב
ya.gav
H3009
H:V Hebrew

to till

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Hebrew
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ya.gav denotes people engaged in cultivating the land in Jeremiah 52:16.

The attested use depicts people occupied with cultivating the land among those left behind in Jeremiah 52:16.

Senses in use

  1. Cultivating the land · dominant

    In Jeremiah 52:16, the masculine plural Qal active participle identifies a group among the poorest people left behind; the APB renders the verse with their work as “vinedressers and farmers.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 52:16, the APB presents the group as working “as vinedressers and farmers,”.

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