Study it in the app“And our kings, our officials, our priests, and our fathers did not do your law, nor pay attention to your commandments or to your testimonies with which you testified against them.”
And our kings,וְ מְלָכֵינוּour officials,שָׂרֵינוּour priests,כֹּהֲנֵינוּand our fathersוַאֲבֹתֵינוּdid notלֹאdoעָשׂוּyour law,תּוֹרָתֶךָnorוְלֹאpay attentionהִקְשִׁיבוּtoאֶלyour commandmentsמִצְוֺתֶיךָorוּto your testimoniesלְעֵדְוֺתֶיךָwith whichאֲשֶׁרyou testifiedהַעִידֹתָagainst them.בָּהֶם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melache” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohane” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asu” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torate” appearspay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hikshivu” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvote” appearstestimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edvote” appearstestify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “haidota” appears33Yet you are righteous in all that has come upon us, for faithfully you have acted, while we have done wickedly.
34 · This verse (above)
35And they, in their kingdom, and in your abundant goodness that you gave them, and in the wide and fertile land that you set before them, did not serve you, nor turn from their evil deeds.
