(Piel) to refuse
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H3985 — מָאֵן
ma.en · to refuse · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 37:35 · וַיְמָאֵן֙All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.Genesis 39:8 · וַיְמָאֵ֓ן׀But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.Genesis 48:19 · וַיְמָאֵ֣ןHis father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations.”Exodus 4:23 · וַתְּמָאֵ֖ןand I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’”Exodus 7:14 · מֵאֵ֖ןYahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.Exodus 10:3 · מֵאַ֔נְתָּMoses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.Exodus 16:28 · מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔םYahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?Exodus 22:17 · מָאֵ֧ן · יְמָאֵ֛ןIf her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.Numbers 20:21 · וַיְמָאֵ֣ן׀Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.Numbers 22:13 · מֵאֵ֣ןBalaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with you.”Numbers 22:14 · מֵאֵ֥ןThe princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”Deuteronomy 25:7 · מֵאֵ֨יןIf the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”1 Samuel 8:19 · וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּBut the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us,1 Samuel 28:23 · וַיְמָאֵ֗ןBut he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.2 Samuel 2:23 · וַיְמָאֵ֣ןHowever he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. It happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.2 Samuel 13:9 · וַיְמָאֵ֖ןShe took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Have all men leave me.” Every man went out from him.1 Kings 20:35 · וַיְמָאֵ֥ןA certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.1 Kings 21:15 · מֵאֵן֙It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”2 Kings 5:16 · וַיְמָאֵֽן׃But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.Nehemiah 9:17 · וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּand refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.Esther 1:12 · וַתְּמָאֵ֞ןBut the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.Job 6:7 · מֵאֲנָ֣הMy soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.Psalm 77:2 · מֵאֲנָ֖הIn the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.Psalm 78:10 · מֵאֲנ֥וּThey didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.Proverbs 1:24 · וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּBecause I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;Proverbs 21:7 · מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּThe violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.Proverbs 21:25 · מֵאֲנ֖וּThe desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.Isaiah 1:20 · תְּמָאֲנ֖וּbut if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”Jeremiah 3:3 · מֵאַ֖נְתְּTherefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute’s forehead, you refused to be ashamed.Jeremiah 5:3 · מֵאֲנ֖וּ · מֵאֲנ֖וּO Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.Jeremiah 8:5 · מֵאֲנ֖וּWhy then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.Jeremiah 9:6 · מֵאֲנ֥וּYour habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 11:10 · מֵֽאֲנוּ֙They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone 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.Jeremiah 15:18 · מֵֽאֲנָה֙Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?Jeremiah 25:28 · יְמָאֲנ֛וּIt shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: You shall surely drink.Jeremiah 31:15 · מֵאֲנָ֛הThus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.Jeremiah 50:33 · מֵאֲנ֖וּThus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.Hosea 11:5 · מֵאֲנ֖וּ“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.Zechariah 7:11 · וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּBut they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.