And it happenedוַיְהִיon the next dayמִמָּחֳרָתthat Pashhurוַ פַשְׁחוּרbroughtיֹּצֵאJeremiahאֶת יִרְמְיָהוּout ofמִןthe stocks,הַמַּהְפָּכֶתand Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Notלֹא‘Pashhur’פַשְׁחוּרhas YHWHיְהוָהcalledקָרָאyour name,שְׁמֶךָbutכִּי אִם‘Terrorמָגוֹרon Every Side.’מִסָּבִיב
Jeremiah 20:3
Study it in the app“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.’”
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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.
Where else “yehi” appears- on the next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat
next day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorat” appears- that Pashhurפַשְׁחוּרfashchur
Pashhur
Pashhur: the name of several Israelites, almost all priests.
Where else “fashchur” appears- broughtיֹּצֵאyotse
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotse” 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- 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.
Where else “mahpachet” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- calledקָרָאkara
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “kara” appears- your nameשְׁמֶsheme
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “sheme” appears- ‘Terrorמָגוֹרmagor
Magor-missabib
Magor-missabib: "terror on every side," the name YHWH gives Pashhur (Jeremiah 20:3).
Where else “magor” appears
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.