Lexicon
יָגוֹר
ya.gor
H3016
H:A Hebrew

fearing

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Hebrew
Language

ya.gor describes people who are feared in threats of being handed over or rescued from them.

The attested use describes people who are feared: those into whose hand a person may be given in Jeremiah 22:25, or from whom a person is spared in Jeremiah 39:17.

Senses in use

  1. People regarded with fear · dominant

    In Jeremiah 22:25, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause about being given into the hand of people who seek a life; the APB renders the clause "those you fear." In Jeremiah 39:17, it again identifies the men from whose hand rescue is promised; the APB renders "the men you fear."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form with "those you fear" in Jeremiah 22:25 and "the men you fear" in Jeremiah 39:17. These phrases occur within a translation.

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