Jeremiah 20:3:12Jer.20.3.W12TAB

קָרָ֤א

kara

has called

Transliteration
ka-RA
Extended
kaa-RAA
IPA
/qaˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
has called

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Result
קָ + רָ֤א
ka + ra
kara

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ka-RA ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER e-LAV yir-me-YA-hu LO fash-KHUR ka-RA ye-ho-VAH she-MEKH-kha KI im-ma-GOR mis-sa-VIV

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-yo-TSE fash-khur et-yir-me-YA-hu min-ha-ma-he-PE-khet va-yo-MER e-LAV yir-me-YA-hu LO fash-KHUR ka-RA ye-ho-VAH she-MEKH-kha KI im-ma-GOR mis-sa-VIV

Exegesis

The clause uses the negator lo {לֹ֤א | lōʾ} plus kara {קָרָ֤א | qā-rāʾ} ‘call’ to deny the name Pashhur, and the adversative conjunction ki im {כִּ֖י אִם־ | kî ʾim} ‘but rather’ sets up the divine renaming by YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yəhōwā́h}, who assigns magor-missaviv {מָגוֹר מִסָּבִֽיב | mā-gôr mis-sā-ḇîv} ‘terror on every side.’

In contextJeremiah 20:3

And it came to pass on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out from the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but rather Magor-Missaviv ."

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 20:3, so the Hebrew word קָרָ֤א (kara) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.20.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.3.W12.S1) and character.