OET interlinear NEH 9:16

uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠הֵ֥ם וַ⁠אֲבֹתֵ֖י⁠נוּ הֵזִ֑ידוּ

and,they and,ancestors_of,our acted_arrogantly

They could mean the Israelites at the time of Moses, and our fathers could mean the Israelites after the time of Moses. However, the next verse says that the people who showed this pride and stubbornness disobeyed God’s command to enter Canaan and instead chose a leader to take them back to Egypt. So this expression could also mean “they, yes, our fathers.” Alternate translation: “they, our own ancestors, were arrogant”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠אֲבֹתֵ֖י⁠נוּ

and,ancestors_of,our

Fathers here means ancestors. Alternate translation: “our ancestors”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וַ⁠יַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔⁠ם וְ⁠לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ

and,stiffened DOM neck_of,their and=not listen

These two phrases mean similar things. The Levites are using the repetition to acknowledge how serious it was that their own ancestors disobeyed God’s command. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: “they stubbornly refused to obey,” otherwise “they were proud and stubborn, so they refused to obey”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔⁠ם

and,stiffened DOM neck_of,their

This is a figurative way of saying that the people stubbornly refused to obey.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־מִצְוֺתֶֽי⁠ךָ

and=not listen to/towards commandments_of,your

Listen in this context is an idiom that means not just to hear a commandment, but to obey it. Alternate translation: “They refused to obey what you commanded them to do.”