King James Version

Zechariah 7:11

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

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וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּvaymaanvand refuseמָאֵןconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and refuse”, the next action in the storyH3985to refuserefuse, [idiom] utterly.לְהַקְשִׁ֔יבlehaqshivto attendקָשַׁבpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to attend”, the to-form of the verbH7181to prick up the ears, i.e. hearkenattend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.וַיִּתְּנ֥וּvayitnvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…כָתֵ֖ףkhatefarmכָּתֵףnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “arm”, the ordinary formH3802the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythingarm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.סֹרָ֑רֶתsoraretbackslidingסָרַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “backsliding”, a verb used as a describing wordH5637to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory[idiom] away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.וְאָזְנֵיהֶ֖םveazeneyhemand earאֹזֶןconjunction, noun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and ear”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)[phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.הִכְבִּ֥ידוּhikhbidvbe chargeableכָּבַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be chargeable”, a completed actionH3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in…מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַmishmoafrom hearשָׁמַעpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “from hear”, the to-form of the verbH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

World English Bible

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Darby Translation

But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.

Douay-Rheims

But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἠπείθησαν τοῦ προσέχειν, καὶ ἔδωκαν νῶτον παραφρονοῦντα, καὶ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν ἐβάρυναν τοῦ μὴ εἰσακούειν.