Jeremiah 11:8

“But they did not listen or incline their ear, but walked, each one in the stubbornness of his evil heart; and I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not do them.””

Jeremiah 11:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 11:8, word by word

listenשָׁמְעוּshamu

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “shamu” appears
inclineהִטּוּhitu

incline

To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.

Where else “hitu” appears
their earאָזְנָazna

hearing

The ear that listens: "incline your ear".

Where else “azna” appears
but walkedיֵּלְכוּyelchu

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

Where else “yelchu” appears
each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
in the stubbornnessשְׁרִירוּתsherirut

stubbornness

Stubbornness: the hardness of one who follows only his own opinion.

Where else “sherirut” appears
of his evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
heartלִבָּliba

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “liba” appears
and I broughtאָבִיאavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “avi” appears
the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “divre” appears
of this covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

Where else “berit” appears
I commanded themצִוִּיתִיtsiviti

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

Where else “tsiviti” appears
to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “asot” appears

The context

7For I solemnly warned your fathers on the day I brought them up from the land of Egypt, and until this day, rising early and warning, saying: ‘Listen to my voice.’

8 · This verse (above)

9And YHWH said to me: “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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