Exodus 16:28

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And the LORD 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 necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD 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 despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
• Ezek 20:16 : 16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
• Mark 9:19 : 19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer 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, but will ye weary my God also?
• Jer 4:14 : 14 O usalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Jer 9:6 : 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
• Ezek 5:6 : 6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and 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 had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
• Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD 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 the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
• Num 20:12 : 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.