diff --git a/neh/09/16.md b/neh/09/16.md
index 33f8e0c30..8c5ca09a5 100644
--- a/neh/09/16.md
+++ b/neh/09/16.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the pe
 
 the Israelites at the time of Moses and the people of Israel after the time of Moses
 
-# they were stubborn
+# they were stiff-necked
 
-The literal statement is "they hardened their necks." If your language has a different idiom for being stubborn, you may want to use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
+This is an idiom that means that they were stubborn. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])