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BecauseיַעַןI calledקָרָאתִיand you refused,וַתְּמָאֵנוּI stretched outנָטִיתִיmy handיָדִיand there was noוְאֵיןone who paid attention,מַקְשִׁיב
Proverbs 1:24
Study it in the app“Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and there was no one who paid attention,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 1:24, word by word
- I calledקָרָאתִיkarati
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karati” appears- and you refusedתְּמָאֵנוּtemaenu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “temaenu” appears- I stretched outנָטִיתִיnatiti
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- one who paid attentionמַקְשִׁיבmakshiv
pay 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 “makshiv” appears
The context
23Turn to my reproof; look, I will pour out on you my spirit; I will make known my words to you.
24 · This verse (above)
25and you ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you did not want,