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Yet they did notוְלוֹאlisten to meשָׁמְעוּ אֵלַיorוְלֹאinclineהִטּוּtheir ear,אֶת אָזְנָםbut stiffenedוַיַּקְשׁוּtheir neck;אֶת עָרְפָּםthey did worseהֵרֵעוּthan their fathers.מֵאֲבוֹתָם
Jeremiah 7:26
Study it in the app“Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did worse than their fathers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 7:26, word by word
- listen to meשָׁמְעוּshamu
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 stiffenedיַּקְשׁוּyakshu
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “yakshu” appears- their neckעָרְפָּarpa
stubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “arpa” appears- they did worseהֵרֵעוּhereu
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “hereu” appears- than their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears
The context
25From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I sent to you all my servants the prophets, every day rising early and sending.
26 · This verse (above)
27And you will speak to them all these words, but they will not listen to you; and you will call to them, but they will not answer you.