Commento su Geremia 20:20

and placed him in the prison the name of a place of a prison, and Jonathan rendered: לכיפתא (arvolud in O.F.), a vault.

Magor Terror.

Not Passhur did the Lord call your name, etc. Your name was not called Pashhur except for this matter, that is to say: פָֹשַח ֹשָחוֹר, cut off and black like “a tree that was cut off (נִפְֹשַח)” (Shevi’ith 4:6, Orlah 1:5). Also (Lam. 3:11), “And He cut me off (וַיִפַֹשְחֵנִי).” And so he said to him, Not Pashhur did He call your name, for the expression of Pashhur means a great man and the son of nobles, Pashhur. ‘Pash’ denotes expansion and ‘hur’ nobility. But for this reason your name was called Pashhur, Pashah shahor. ‘Pashah’ means ‘cut off,’ and ‘shahor’ means ‘black.’ Another explanation. ‘Pashah sehor.’ Many will be around you to slay you. Now according to this explanation, מָגוֹר is an expression of gathering, like (Ezekiel 21:17) “Gathered (מְגוּרֵי) to the sword.”

the wealth money.

You enticed me to go on your mission.

You overcame me You made Your strong hand heavy upon me to go against my will.

and You prevailed And You were victorious.

everyone All the people mock me.

Whenever I speak Every time I speak to them, I must cry out and raise my voice, and I do not proclaim good for them but prophecies of violence and spoil.

for the word of the Lord has been...for me Therefore, they spoke to me with scorn, for they scorn me.

and mockery for speech. Comp. (Ezekiel 22:4) “and mockery (וְקַלָּסָה).”

Should I say: I will not mention Him If my heart said to me not to go on Your mission anymore.

it would be in my heart i.e., the prophecy, like a burning fire And against my will I must go.

confined in my bones And as if the fire were confined in my bones.

to contain To endure the fire.

For I heard I said that I would not mention Him because I heard the speech of many, those who whisper about me.

a gathering an expression of gathering, and so did Jonathan render it.

tell false testimony against him.

and let us tell about him and let us testify against him. And Menahem (Machbereth p. 53) explained ונגידֶנוּ like (Deut. 14:1) “You shall not cut yourselves (לא תתגודדוּ).” He also joined (Job 17:5) “For the sake of flattering, he destroys (יגיד) his friends.” This is an expression of destruction. Comp. (Dan. 4:11) “Cut down (גֹדוּ) the trees.” But Dunash (Teshuvoth p. 54) interpreted it as an actual expression of telling, and this is its interpretation: “Tell false things about him and we will tell about him to the king.” And we have like נַגִידֶנוּ, we will tell about him, many words in the Scriptures that cannot be interpreted unless they are divided into two words or three. Comp. (Gen. 37: 4) “And they could not speak with him (דַבְּרוֹ) peacefully.” Also (supra 10:20), “My children have left me (יצאני).”

await my destruction Heb. צַלְעֵי

Perhaps he will be enticed. to listen to us and to stray after us. and we will prevail against him to bring him to commit idolatry.

for they did not succeed They did not succeed with their plan.

Cursed be the day in which I was begotten (engendrer or engenrer in O.F.). That is the time of conception, and through compulsion Hilkiah his father performed the marriage act by day, for he was fleeing from before Manasseh, who was slaying the prophets, and he performed the marriage act and fled.

making him glad The ‘mem’ is punctuated with a ‘dagesh,’ which is an expression of making others glad, for he made his father glad with his news.

like the cities that...overturned Namely Sodom and Gemorrah.

and did not repent Since He decreed destruction upon them, he did not think another thought to rescind His decree.

That he did not put me to death I.e., that the angel of death did not put me to death from the womb, and this is one of the verses with brief language.

a perpetual pregnancy a pregnancy of eternity.

toil and grief The destruction of the Temple.