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And Pashhurוַ פַּשְׁחוּרsonבֶּןof Immer,אִמֵּרthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןheardיִּשְׁמַע—and heוְהוּאwas chiefנָגִידoverseerפָקִידin the houseבְּבֵיתof YHWH—יְהוָהJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּprophesyingנִבָּאtheseהָאֵלֶּהthings.אֶת הַדְּבָרִים
Jeremiah 20:1
Study it in the app“And Pashhur son of Immer, the priest, heard —and he was chief overseer in the house of YHWH— Jeremiah prophesying these things.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 20:1, word by word
- And Pashhurפַּשְׁחוּרpashchur
Pashhur
Pashhur: the name of several Israelites, almost all priests.
Where else “pashchur” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Immerאִמֵּרimer
Immer
Immer: the name of several Israelites; the chief one is the ancestor of a family of priests.
Where else “imer” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- heardיִּשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- was chiefנָגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appears- overseerפָקִידfakid
overseer
Overseer, officer in charge.
Where else “fakid” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of YHWH—יְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- prophesyingנִבָּאniba
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “niba” appears- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the gate of Benjamin, the upper one, which was in the house of YHWH.