2 Kings 17:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ כִּ֛י אִֽם־כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן הֵ֥ם עֹשִֽׂים׃

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ šāmēʿû kî ʾim-kə-mišpāṭām hā-riʾšôn hēm ʿōśîm

Grammar Details

*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*šāmēʿû*: Qal perfect 3cp - they listened
*kî*: conjunction - for/but
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if/but
*kə-mišpāṭām*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 3mp suffix - according to their custom
*hā-riʾšôn*: definite article + masculine singular adjective - the former/first
*hēm*: 3mp pronoun - they
*ʿōśîm*: Qal participle mp - doing

Word Meanings

*šāmēʿû*: they listened/obeyed/heeded
*kî ʾim*: but rather/only/instead
*mišpāṭām*: their custom/manner/practice

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:28 : 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
2 Kgs 17:8 : 8 and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
2 Kgs 17:12 : 12 and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
Jer 13:23 : 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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