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But they did notוְלֹאlisten,שָׁמֵעוּand they stiffenedוַיַּקְשׁוּtheir neckאֶת עָרְפָּםlike the neckכְּעֹרֶףof their fathers,אֲבוֹתָםwhoאֲשֶׁרdid notלֹאbelieveהֶאֱמִינוּin YHWHבַּיהוָהtheir Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיהֶם
2 Kings 17:14
Study it in the app“But they did not listen, and they stiffened their neck like the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in YHWH their Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:14, word by word
- listenשָׁמֵעוּshameu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shameu” appears- and they stiffenedיַּקְשׁוּyakshu
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “yakshu” appears- their neckעָרְפָּarpa
stubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “arpa” appears- of their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- believeהֶאֱמִינוּheeminu
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “heeminu” appears- in YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- their Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
13YHWH testified against Israel and against Judah through all his prophets, every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the instruction that I commanded your fathers and that I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
14 · This verse (above)
15They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies that he testified against them; and they went after what is vain and became vain, and after the nations that were around them, about which YHWH had commanded them not to do like them.