Zechariah 7:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

Young's Literal Translation
And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

King James Bible
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Hebrew
But they refused
וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ (way·mā·’ă·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3985: To refuse

to pay attention
לְהַקְשִׁ֔יב (lə·haq·šîḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken

and turned
וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ (way·yit·tə·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

a stubborn
סֹרָ֑רֶת (sō·rā·reṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5637: To turn away, be refractory

shoulder;
כָתֵ֖ף (ḵā·ṯêp̄)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything

they stopped up
הִכְבִּ֥ידוּ (hiḵ·bî·ḏū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

their ears
וְאָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם (wə·’ā·zə·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

from hearing.
מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃ (miš·šə·mō·w·a‘)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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