[82] The name is probably a quadriliteral from פשח, [Arabic: **] Ethiopic ተፋሥሐ "to be glad," Assyrian [Assyrian: **] _pashâchu_ "to be at ease," "to rest," (which comes nearest to the Hebrew root). The Arabic verb means "The place was roomy, wide, ample"; whence [Arabic: **] "free from distress or narrowness of mind." Thus Pashchur = "case," "tranquillity," and is formed like Achbor, _kaphtor_, "a capital," (LXX. Pashchor). But the name might remind a Hebrew of the root פוש "to leap," "prance," Jer. l. 11, and חר "free" (plur. only), as if it were a compound of _pāsh_ and _chōr_. "Glad and free:" cf. the LXX. vocalisation Πασχώρ. I think this popular etymology pash + chor is probably what Jeremiah thought of. [83] Ex. xii. 33; Isa. viii. 11; Ezek. iii. 14; Jer. xv. 17. [84] vi. 11 (or, of enduring, Mal. iii. 2). [85] 'Denounce ye, and we will denounce him!' Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation and spelling errors have been fixed throughout. Inconsistent hyphenation left as in the original text. Footnote 31: This footnote was originally an author's note. Converted to a footnote for ease of reference. Footnote 78: There is no anchor for this in the original text, left as in the original. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah, by C J Ball