Exodus 16:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה עַד־אָ֙נָה֙ מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֺתַ֖י וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer YHWH to mōšeh: Until when mēʾantem to šəmōr my miṣwōṯay and my tôrōṯāy?

Grammar Details

• *yōʾmer*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD (divine name)
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *mēʾantem*: piel perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you have refused
• *šəmōr*: qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
• *miṣwōṯay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my commandments
• *tôrōṯāy*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my laws/instructions

Word Meanings

• *mēʾantem*: you have refused/you have rejected/you have declined
• *šəmōr*: to keep/to observe/to guard/to protect
• *miṣwōṯay*: my commandments/my precepts/my orders
• *tôrōṯāy*: my laws/my instructions/my teachings/my directions

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:10 : 10 They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
• Ps 106:13 : 13 They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
• 2 Kgs 17:14 : 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
• Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
• Ezek 20:16 : 16 because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
• Mark 9:19 : 19 And he answereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me.
• Isa 7:9 : 9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
• Isa 7:13 : 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?
• Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
• Jer 9:6 : 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
• Ezek 5:6 : 6 And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
• Ps 78:22 : 22 Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.
• Ps 81:13-14 : 13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14 I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
• Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
• Num 14:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
• Num 20:12 : 12 And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.