Lexical Definition

‎נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶצֶר‎ Nêrᵉgal Sharʼetser (nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser) Nergal-sar-ezer ^N:N-M-P
from ‎נֵרְגַּל‎ and ‎שַׁרְאֶצֶר‎

Nergal-sharezer.

• § Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"
• Nergal-Sharetser, the name of two Babylonians

1) chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

Extended Information

• A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֵרְגַּל שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר‎ proper name, masculine (so Baer Ginsb; van d. H. ‎׳‎‎שַׁר‎), chief soothsayer (‎רַבמָֿ֑ג‎) in train of Nebuchad. Jer 39:3a (strike out Gie, plausibly) vJer 39:3b, 13 (compare Schr^{COT on the passage}). ‎נִרְגָּן‎ see ‎רגן‎

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Babylonian official • Babylonian official at Jerusalem's fall

Babylonian living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag was a Babylonian official present at the capture of Jerusalem in 587 BC.

• A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.39.3a;
• only referred to as Nergal-sar-ezer נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶצֶר.

Nergal-sar-ezer , the Rag-mag (a title for an officer) is named among the Babylonian officials who entered Jerusalem after the Babylonians breached the city walls in 587 BC (Jeremiah 39:3). The name Nergal-sar-ezer means "Nergal, protect the king!" Nergal was the Babylonian god of war and pestilence. No title or specific role is given for this official. He may have been a military officer or government representative sent by King Nebuchadnezzar. This Nergal-sar-ezer is likely the same individual mentioned later in the same chapter (Jeremiah 39:13), who also has the title Rab-mag.

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