Refuse מָאֵן

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Oct 24, 2025 · 3m

We are in chapter sixteen of Exodus with our word for today. מָאֵן refuse, to be unwilling, to show unwillingness or disagreement towards something or some action. It is used 46 times in Old Testament. We find our word used by Jacob in his grief when he thought his son Joseph was dead. Genesis 37:34-35 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, וַיְמָאֵן֙ but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him. It is also used of…