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but have walkedוַיֵּלְכוּafterאַחֲרֵיthe stubbornnessשְׁרִרוּתof their heartלִבָּםand afterוְאַחֲרֵיthe Baals,הַבְּעָלִיםasאֲשֶׁרtheir fathersאֲבוֹתָםtaught them,לִמְּדוּם
Jeremiah 9:14
Study it in the app“but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 9:14, word by word
- but have walkedיֵּלְכוּyelchu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelchu” appears- the stubbornnessשְׁרִרוּתsherirut
stubbornness
Stubbornness: the hardness of one who follows only his own opinion.
Where else “sherirut” appears- of their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- the Baalsבְּעָלִיםbealim
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “bealim” appears- their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- taught themלִמְּדוּlimdu
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “limdu” appears
The context
13And YHWH said, “Because they have forsaken my instruction that I set before them, and have not listened to my voice or walked in it,
14 · This verse (above)
15therefore thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I will feed this people wormwood, and give them to drink water of poison.