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And if he fathersוְהוֹלִידa sonבֵּןwho is violent,פָּרִיץa shedderשֹׁפֵךְof blood,דָּםand doesוְעָשָׂהanyאָחoneמֵאַחַדof these thingsמֵאֵלֶּה
Ezekiel 18:10
Study it in the app“And if he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, and does any one of these things”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:10, word by word
- And if he fathersהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- who is violentפָּרִיץparits
violent one
Violent: one who breaks in by force; a robber or an oppressor.
Where else “parits” appears- a shedderשֹׁפֵךְshofech
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shofech” appears- of bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- and doesעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- anyאָחach
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ach” appears- oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears
Translation note
“Does any one of these things”: the Hebrew says literally “does a brother of one of these”; uncertain sense.
The context
9in my statutes he walks, and my rules he keeps, to act faithfully; he is righteous; he will surely live, declares Adonai YHWH.
10 · This verse (above)
11(though he did not do any of all these things), who even eats on the mountains and defiles his neighbor’s wife,