Jeremiah 20:4:7Jer.20.4.W7TAB
לְמָג֜וֹר
lemagor
“to terror”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-GOR
- Extended
- leh-maa-GOHR
- IPA
- /ləmaːˈɣoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to terror
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
le-ma-GOR
- phraseyour reading level
hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR
- clause
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR le-KHA u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha ve-na-FLU be-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-hem ve-e-NE-kha ro-OT
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR le-KHA u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha ve-na-FLU be-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-hem ve-e-NE-kha ro-OT ve-et-kal-ye-hu-DA e-TEN be-YAD ME-lekh-ba-VEL ve-hig-LAM ba-ve-LA ve-hi-KAM be-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The phrase hinnēnî nōṯēn-khā {הִנְנִי נֹתֶנְךָ | hinnēnî nōṯēn-khā}, “behold, I am giving you,” leads into two purpose constructions with lə-māgôr lə-ḵā {לְמָגוֹר לְךָ | lə-māgôr lə-ḵā} “to terror for yourself” and the parallel û-lə-ḵāl-’ōhăḇê-khā {וּלְכָל־אֹהֲבֶיךָ | û-lə-ḵāl-’ōhăḇê-khā} “and to all your friends.”
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–waw–resh
“fear, dread”
In context — Jeremiah 20:4
For thus says the LORD , “Behold, I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends ; and they will fall by the sword of their enemies as you watch. All of Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will exile them to Babylon and strike them down with the sword.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 20:4, so the Hebrew word לְמָג֜וֹר (lemagor) 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.20.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.4.W7.S1) and character.