Jeremiah

Jeremiah 16:12

¹²And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And you	וְאַתֶּ֛ם	wə·’at·tem	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
have done	לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
more evil	הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥ם	hă·rê·‘ō·ṯem	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H7489 be evil, bad
than your fathers	מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם	mê·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
See how	וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם	wə·hin·nə·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Interjection; second person masculine plural	H2005 lo! behold
each of you	אִ֚ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
follows	הֹלְכִ֗ים	hō·lə·ḵîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
the stubbornness	שְׁרִר֣וּת	šə·ri·rūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8307 firmness
of his evil	הָרָ֔ע	hā·rā‘	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
heart	לִבּֽוֹ־	lib·bōw-	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
instead of	לְבִלְתִּ֖י	lə·ḇil·tî	Preposition-l	H1115 not, except
obeying	שְׁמֹ֥עַ	šə·mō·a‘	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8085 hear
Me	אֵלָֽי׃	’ê·lāy	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.