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But they did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמְעוּorוְלֹאinclineהִטּוּtheir ear,אֶת אָזְנָםbut they hardenedוַיַּקְשׁוּtheir neckאֶת עָרְפָּםso as notלְבִלְתִּיto listenשְׁמוֹעַand notוּלְבִלְתִּיto receiveקַחַתcorrection.מוּסָר
Jeremiah 17:23
Study it in the app“But they did not listen or incline their ear, but they hardened their neck so as not to listen and not to receive correction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:23, 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 they hardenedיַּקְשׁוּyakshu
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “yakshu” appears- their neckעָרְפָּarpa
stubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “arpa” appears- to receiveקַחַתkachat
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “kachat” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears
The context
22And do not carry out a burden from your houses on the day of the Sabbath, and no work shall you do; but keep holy the day of the Sabbath, as I commanded your fathers.
23 · This verse (above)
24And it will be, if you really listen to me, declares YHWH, so as not to bring a burden through the gates of this city on the day of the Sabbath, but to keep holy the day of the Sabbath, so as not to do on it any work,