Psalms 81:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But my people would not hearken{H8804)} to my voice; and Israel would{H8804)} none of me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָנֹכִ֨י ׀ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ הַֽ֭מַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הַרְחֶב־פִּ֝֗יךָ וַאֲמַּלְאֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾānōḵî YHWH your ʾĕlōheḵā the hammaʿalḵā from ʾereṣ miṣrāyim; harḥeb-your pîḵā and waʾămallēʾēhû

Grammar Details

*ʾānōḵî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - 'I'
*YHWH*: divine name - 'LORD'
*ʾĕlōheḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your God'
*hammaʿalḵā*: hiphil participle with 2nd masculine singular suffix and definite article - 'who brought you up'
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - 'land of'
*miṣrāyim*: proper name with prefixed preposition min - 'from Egypt'
*harḥeb*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - 'open wide'
*pîḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your mouth'
*waʾămallēʾēhû*: piel imperfect 1st singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix and prefixed conjunction waw - 'and I will fill it'

Word Meanings

*ʾānōḵî*: I/I am (emphatic form)
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh (divine name)
*ʾĕlōheḵā*: your God (plural form for singular deity)
*hammaʿalḵā*: who brought you up/who raised you/who caused you to ascend
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
*miṣrāyim*: Egypt/Egyptians
*harḥeb*: open wide/enlarge/make wide
*pîḵā*: your mouth/your speech
*waʾămallēʾēhû*: and I will fill it/I will satisfy it/I will fulfill it

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 32:1 : 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Prov 1:30 : 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Jer 2:11-13 : 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jer 7:23-24 : 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Ps 106:12-13 : 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

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10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
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