מָאֵן mâʼên — unwilling

pronounced maw-ane' · Strong's H3986 · 4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as refuse.

from H3985; unwilling.

mâʼên in each stem

Pi'el 4×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 4

מָאֵ֥ן Exod 7:27 Participle (active), masculine singular

מָאֵ֥ן Exod 9:2 Participle (active), masculine singular

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, (KJV)

מָאֵ֥ן Exod 10:4 Participle (active), masculine singular

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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