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Jeremiah 17:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3808 not ולא

H8085 But they obeyed שׁמעו

H3808 neither ולא

H5186 inclined הטו

H853 את

H241 their ear אזנם

H7185 stiff ויקשׁו

H853 את

H6203 but made their neck ערפם

H1115 nor לבלתי

H8085 hear שׁומע

H1115 ולבלתי

H3947 receive קחת

H4148 instruction מוסר׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

But

they

H8085 obeyed

H3808 not

H3808 neither

H5186 inclined

their

H241 ear

but

made

their

H6203 neck

H7185 stiff

that

they

might

H3808 not

H8085 hear

H1115 nor

H3947 receive

H4148 instruction

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H6203

Hebrew: עֹרֶף

Transliteration: ʻôreph

Pronunciation: o-ref'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: back ([stiff-]) neck ([-ed]).

Definition:

the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence the back generally (whether literally or figuratively)

1. neck, back of the neck, back

a. back of the neck

1. of fleeing foe

2. of apostasy (fig.)

b. stiff of neck, obstinate (fig.)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906