Study it in the app“And you testified against them to turn them back to your law; yet they acted with arrogance and did not listen to your commandments, and against your rules they sinned, which, if a person does them, he will live by them; and they gave a rebellious shoulder, and their neck they hardened, and did not listen.”
And you testifiedוַתָּעַדagainst themבָּהֶםto turn them backלַהֲשִׁיבָםto your law;אֶל תּוֹרָתֶךָyet theyוְהֵמָּהacted with arroganceהֵזִידוּand did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמְעוּto your commandments,לְמִצְוֺתֶיךָand against your rulesוּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָthey sinned,חָטְאוּ בָםwhich,אֲשֶׁרif a personאָדָםdoes them,יַעֲשֶׂהhe will liveוְחָיָהby them;בָהֶםand they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּa rebelliousסוֹרֶרֶתshoulder,כָתֵףand their neckוְעָרְפָּםthey hardened,הִקְשׁוּand did notוְלֹאlisten.שָׁמֵעוּ
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “taad” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashiva” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torate” appearsact arrogantly
To defy a command on purpose, proudly.
Where else “hezidu” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamu” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvote” appearsrule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpate” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatu” appearsanyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “chaya” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearsbe stubborn
Be stubborn: turn away from what one is told, refuse to be led.
Where else “soreret” appearsshoulder
The part of the body between neck and arm, where loads are carried.
Where else “chatef” appearsstubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “arpa” appearsharden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “hikshu” appears“They gave a rebellious shoulder”: like the ox that pulls its shoulder away so as not to bear the yoke.
28But when they had rest they would again do evil before you; and you would abandon them into the hand of their enemies, who dominated them; and they would turn again and cry out to you, and you from the heavens would hear and deliver them according to your mercies many times.
29 · This verse (above)
30And you were patient with them many years, and testified against them by your spirit through your prophets, but they did not give ear; so you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
