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title: נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר — Nebuchadnezzar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (5019), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 60 times: Nebuchadnezzar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuchadnezzar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר

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«נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nebuchadnezzar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 60 times · **Key:** 5019 · **BDB:** נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר

### Glosses

Nebuchadnezzar (47); of.Nebuchadnezzar (13)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nebuchadnezzar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5019/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuchadnezzar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5019/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (incorrectly) נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (v. also infr.) n.pr.m. Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuchadnezzar (Bab. Nabû-kudurri-uṣur = (prob.) Nebo, protect the boundary! DlCalwer BL BudgeNebuchadn. (on kudurru, boundary, v DlHWB 319); poss. is also crown, and so SchrCOT 2 K 24, 1; JägerBAS i. 471 proposes (thy) servant);—𝔊 Ναβον-χοδονοσ(σ)ορ; Can. Ptol Ναβοκολασσαρον SchrCOT 490, Abydenos etc. Ναβουκοδρόσορος, v. Schrib. 2 K 24, 1;—the great king of Babylon (reigned b. c. 605–562), who captured Jerus. and carried Judah captive: most often נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל (נ׳ often om. in 𝔊 Je 21:2, 7 (but om. 𝔊 Gie), 22:25; 25:1, 9; 29:21; 32:28; 34:1 (v. Baer’s note; van d. H נבוכדנ׳), 35:11; 37:1; 39:1, 5 (v. on 34:1), v 11 43:10; 44:30; 46:2, 13, 26; 49:30; 50:17; 51:34; 52:4, 12 Ez 26:7; 29:18, 19, 30:10; so Qr Je 49:28 (Kt נבוכדראצור מ׳ ב׳); נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֑ (מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל om.) Je 32:1; 52:28, 29, 30. Spelt corruptly with n, נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר מ׳ ב׳ (cf. SchrCOT 2 K 24, 1 n.) 2 Ch 36:6 Dn 1:1 Je 27:6, 8, 20; 28:3; 29:3 Ezr 2:1 Qr (Kt נבוכדנצור מ׳ ב׳, cf. Je 49:28 supr.); נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר alone 2 Ch 36:7, 10, 13 (הַמֶּלֶךְ נ׳), Je 29:1; נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר מ׳ ב׳ 2 K 24:1, 10, 11; 25:1, 8, 22 Je 28:11, 14; נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר֑ 1 Ch 5:41; נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מ׳ ב׳ Ne 7:6 Est 2:6; נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר Ezr 1:7 (מ׳ ב׳ om.), נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּר Dn 2:1(×2), נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּר֑ 1:18 (v. also Tobit 14:5, Jud 1:1 + often, as 𝔊 supr.)—On N. v. further TieleBab.-Assyrian Gesch, 421 ff., 454 ff.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5019/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.41/)

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וִיהוֹצָדָ֣ק הָלַ֔ךְ בְּהַגְל֣וֹת יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם בְּיַ֖ד נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* and Jehozadak he.went when sent.into.exile Yahweh (et) Judah and Jerusalem by the.hand of.Nebuchadnezzar

*JPS 1917:* and Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

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[2 Kings 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.11/)

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וַיָּבֹ֛א נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל עַל־הָעִ֑יר וַעֲבָדָ֖יו צָרִ֥ים עָלֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.came Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon to the city and servants his \[were\].laying.siege on it

*JPS 1917:* And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it.

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