And they have turnedוַיִּפְנוּto meאֵלַיthe backעֹרֶףand notוְלֹאthe face;פָנִיםthough I taughtוְלַמֵּדthem,אֹתָםrising earlyהַשְׁכֵּםand teaching,וְלַמֵּדthey were notוְאֵינָםlisteningשֹׁמְעִיםto receiveלָקַחַתcorrection.מוּסָר
Jeremiah 32:33
Study it in the app“And they have turned to me the back and not the face; though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they were not listening to receive correction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 32:33, word by word
- And they have turnedיִּפְנוּyifnu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifnu” appears- the backעֹרֶףoref
back
To show the nape, flee.
Where else “oref” appears- the faceפָנִיםfanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanim” appears- though I taughtלַמֵּדlamed
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “lamed” appears- rising earlyהַשְׁכֵּםhashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “hashkem” appears- listeningשֹׁמְעִיםshomim
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomim” 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
32because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and of the sons of Judah that they have done to provoke me, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 · This verse (above)
34And they set their detestable things in the house over which my name is called, to defile it.