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But theyוְהֵםand our fathersוַאֲבֹתֵינוּacted with arroganceהֵזִידוּand hardenedוַיַּקְשׁוּtheir neck,עָרְפָּםand did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמְעוּtoאֶלyour commandments.מִצְוֺתֶיךָ
Nehemiah 9:16
Study it in the app“But they and our fathers acted with arrogance and hardened their neck, and did not listen to your commandments.”
Israel confesses its stubbornness and recalls that God did not abandon themFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:16, word by word
- and our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- acted with arroganceהֵזִידוּhezidu
act arrogantly
To defy a command on purpose, proudly.
Where else “hezidu” appears- and hardenedיַּקְשׁוּyakshu
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “yakshu” appears- their neckעָרְפָּarpa
stubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “arpa” appears- listenשָׁמְעוּshamu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamu” appears- your commandmentsמִצְוֺתֶיmitsvote
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvote” appears
The context
15And bread from the heavens you gave them for their hunger, and water from the crag you brought out for them for their thirst; and you told them to go in to possess the land for which you had lifted up your hand to give it to them.
16 · This verse (above)
17They refused to listen, and did not remember your wonders that you had done with them; and they hardened their neck and appointed a head to return to their servitude in their rebellion. But you are an Eloah of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and you did not abandon them.