עָצֻ֖ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָצֻ֖ר

   a-TSUR

   shut up or restrained
2. clause🔊 וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לֹֽא־אֶזְכְּרֶ֗נּוּ וְלֹֽא־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר עוֹד֙ בִּשְׁמ֔וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה בְלִבִּי֙ כְּאֵ֣שׁ בֹּעֶ֔רֶת עָצֻ֖ר בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑י

   ve-a-MAR-ti LO-ez-ke-RE-nu ve-LO-a-da-BER OD bish-MO ve-ha-YA be-li-BI ke-ESH BO-e-RET a-TSUR be-ats-mo-TAI

   and I said not will I mention him and not will I speak again or any more in his name then it was in my heart like fire burning shut up or restrained in my bones
3. sentence🔊 וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לֹֽא־אֶזְכְּרֶ֗נּוּ וְלֹֽא־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר עוֹד֙ בִּשְׁמ֔וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה בְלִבִּי֙ כְּאֵ֣שׁ בֹּעֶ֔רֶת עָצֻ֖ר בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑י וְנִלְאֵ֥יתִי כַּֽלְכֵ֖ל וְלֹ֥א אוּכָֽל׃

   ve-a-MAR-ti LO-ez-ke-RE-nu ve-LO-a-da-BER OD bish-MO ve-ha-YA be-li-BI ke-ESH BO-e-RET a-TSUR be-ats-mo-TAI ve-nil-E-ti kal-KEL ve-LO u-KHAL

   and I said not will I mention him and not will I speak again or any more in his name then it was in my heart like fire burning shut up or restrained in my bones and I was wearied of holding it in or enduring and not I can

Exegesis

The simile kə-’ēš bō’e-ret {כְּאֵשׁ בֹּעֶרֶת | kə-’ēš bō-’e-ret} ‘like a burning fire’ and participle ‘āṣûr {עָצֻר | ‘ā-ṣûr} ‘confined’ intensify suppressed zeal.