Zechariah 7:11 Go deeper
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But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. (KJV)
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וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּvay.ma.'a.Nuand they refused
Lemma: מָאֵן (ma.en) · Strong's: H3985
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpw3mp)
Meaning: to refuse
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 39:8, Genesis 48:19, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 7:14, Exodus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3985; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 1
לְהַקְשִׁ֔יבle.hak.Shivto pay attention
Lemma: קָשַׁב (qa.shav) · Strong's: H7181
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to listen
Used 46 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:22, 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Chronicles 33:10, Nehemiah 9:34, Job 13:6, Job 33:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7181; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 2
וַיִּתְּנ֥וּvai.yi.te.Nuand they gave
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 3
כָתֵ֖ףkha.Tefa shoulder
Lemma: כָּתֵף (ka.teph) · Strong's: H3802
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: shoulder
Used 67 times. Also: Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15, Exodus 28:7, Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:25, Exodus 28:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3802; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 4
סֹרָ֑רֶתso.Ra.retstubborn
Lemma: סָרַר (sa.rar) · Strong's: H5637
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
Meaning: to rebel
Used 17 times. Also: Deuteronomy 21:18, Deuteronomy 21:20, Nehemiah 9:29, Psalms 66:7, Psalms 68:6, Psalms 68:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5637; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 5
וְאָזְנֵיהֶ֖םve.'a.ze.nei.Hemand ears their
Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: ear
Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 29:20, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 32:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0241G; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 6
הִכְבִּ֥ידוּhikh.Bi.duthey made heavy
Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.vad) · Strong's: H3513J
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to honor: dull
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 48:10, Isaiah 59:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3513J; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 7
מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ\׃mi.she.Mo.a'from hearing
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Zechariah 7:11 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But they refused | → | מָאֵן H3985 to refuse |
| to pay attention | → | קָשַׁב H7181 to listen |
| and turned | → | נָתַן H5414H to give: put |
| a stubborn | → | סָרַר H5637 to rebel |
| shoulder | → | כָּתֵף H3802 shoulder |
| they stopped up | → | כָּבֵד H3513J to honor: dull |
| their ears | → | אֹ֫זֶן H0241G ear |
| from hearing | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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