But they did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמְעוּorוְלֹאinclineהִטּוּtheir ear,אֶת אָזְנָםbut walked,וַיֵּלְכוּeach oneאִישׁin the stubbornnessבִּשְׁרִירוּתof his evilהָרָעheart;לִבָּםand I broughtוָאָבִיאon themעֲלֵיהֶםallאֶת כָּלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof this covenant,הַבְּרִית הַזֹּאתwhichאֲשֶׁרI commanded themצִוִּיתִיto do,לַעֲשׂוֹתbut they did notוְלֹאdo them.”עָשׂוּ
Jeremiah 11:8
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.