ne.a.tsah denotes acts or words of contempt, including hostile speech and grave rebellion against God.

The attested passages present ne.a.tsah as contempt expressed either in hostile speech against Israel's mountains or in grave acts committed in rebellion against God.

1. Contempt expressed in speech or rebellious acts · dominant

   In Ezekiel 35:12, the construct plural occurs with contemptuous words spoken against the mountains of Israel; the APB renders the clause, "I have heard all the contemptuous things you have spoken." In Nehemiah 9:18 and Nehemiah 9:26, the absolute plural names great acts within accounts of making a calf and of rebelling, rejecting instruction, and killing prophets; the APB renders both clauses "they did great contempts."

   Ezekiel 35:12Nehemiah 9:18Nehemiah 9:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "contemptuous things" in Ezekiel 35:12 and as "great contempts" in Nehemiah 9:18 and Nehemiah 9:26. These renderings confirm the clauses' presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent for each form.