Jeremiah 20:3

“And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks, and Jeremiah said to him, “Not ‘Pashhur’ has YHWH called your name, but ‘Terror on Every Side.’”

Jeremiah 20:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 20:3, word by word

And it happenedיְהִיyehi

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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on the next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat

next day

The next day, tomorrow.

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that Pashhurפַשְׁחוּרfashchur

Pashhur

Pashhur: the name of several Israelites, almost all priests.

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broughtיֹּצֵאyotse

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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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.

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the stocksמַּהְפָּכֶתmahpachet

stocks

Stocks: a wooden device that held a prisoner by the feet, hands or neck in a forced position. "The house of the stocks" is the prison.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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has YHWHיְהוָהyehva

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.

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calledקָרָאkara

name

To give someone a name.

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your nameשְׁמֶsheme

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

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‘Terrorמָגוֹרmagor

Magor-missabib

Magor-missabib: "terror on every side," the name YHWH gives Pashhur (Jeremiah 20:3).

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The context

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.

3 · This verse (above)

4For thus says YHWH: Look, I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it; and all Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them into exile to Babylon, and he will strike them with the sword.

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