Jeremiah

Jeremiah 7:26

²⁶Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet they would not	וְל֤וֹא	wə·lō·w	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
listen	שָׁמְעוּ֙	šā·mə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8085 hear
to Me	אֵלַ֔י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
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
did more evil	הֵרֵ֖עוּ	hê·rê·‘ū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H7489 be evil, bad
than their fathers	מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃	mê·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father

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