אִם־מָג֥וֹר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִם־מָג֥וֹר

   im-ma-GOR

   but {rather} terror
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִם־מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִֽיב׃

   im-ma-GOR mis-sa-VIV

   but {rather} terror all around
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ לֹ֤א פַשְׁחוּר֙ קָרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ שְׁמֶ֔ךָ כִּ֖י אִם־מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִֽיב׃

   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

   and he said to him Jeremiah not Pashhur has called the LORD your name for or because but {rather} terror all around
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיֹּצֵ֥א פַשְׁח֛וּר אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ מִן־הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶת וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ לֹ֤א פַשְׁחוּר֙ קָרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ שְׁמֶ֔ךָ כִּ֖י אִם־מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִֽיב׃

   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

   and it happened from the next day or on the next day and brought out or released Pashhur {direct object marker} Jeremiah from the stocks or from the confinement and he said to him Jeremiah not Pashhur has called the LORD your name for or because but {rather} terror all around

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.’

Root and etymology

g-w-r🔊 ג־ו־רgimel–waw–resh

“terror”

• 🔊 מְגוּרָהmegurahdwelling placePsalm 55:16