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But they did notוְלֹאlisten,שָׁמֵעוּbutכִּי אִםaccording to their former customכְּמִשְׁפָּטָם הָרִאשׁוֹןtheyהֵםdo.עֹשִׂים
2 Kings 17:40
Study it in the app“But they did not listen, but according to their former custom they do.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:40, word by word
- listenשָׁמֵעוּshameu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shameu” appears- according to their former customמִשְׁפָּטָmishpata
custom
The usual practice, the way to do something.
Where else “mishpata” appears- according to their former customרִאשׁוֹןrishon
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishon” appears- doעֹשִׂיםosim
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osim” appears
The context
39but YHWH your Elohim you shall fear, and he will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40 · This verse (above)
41These nations feared YHWH, and their carved images they served; also their sons and the sons of their sons: as their fathers did, they do to this day.