Jeremiah

Jeremiah 17:23

²³Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet they would not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
listen	שָֽׁמְע֔וּ	šā·mə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8085 hear
or incline	הִטּ֖וּ	hiṭ·ṭū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
their ear	אָזְנָ֑ם	’ā·zə·nām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H241 ear
but they stiffened	וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙	way·yaq·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7185 be hard, severe, fierce
their necks	עָרְפָּ֔ם	‘ā·rə·pām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6203 back of neck, neck
and would not	לְבִלְתִּ֣י	lə·ḇil·tî	Preposition-l	H1115 not, except
listen	שׁוֹמֵעַ	šō·mē·aʿ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8085 hear
or receive	קַ֥חַת	qa·ḥaṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3947 take
My discipline	מוּסָֽר׃	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline

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