Study it in the app“The soul who sins, it will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous will be on himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be on himself.”
The soulהַנֶּפֶשׁwho sins,הַחֹטֵאתitהִיאwill die.תָמוּתThe sonבֵּןwill notלֹאbearיִשָּׂאthe iniquityבַּעֲוֺןof the father,הָאָבnorוְ לֹאwill the fatherאָבbearיִשָּׂאthe iniquityבַּעֲוֺןof the son;הַבֵּןthe righteousnessצִדְקַתof the righteousהַצַּדִּיקwill beתִּהְיֶהon himself,עָלָיוand the wickednessוְרִשְׁעַתof the wickedהָרָשָׁעwill beתִּהְיֶהon himself.עָלָיו
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chotet” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsbear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “yisa” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appearsrighteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkat” appearsrighteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appearswickedness
Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.
Where else “rishat” appearswicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears19And you say, ‘Why does the son not bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done justice and righteousness, has kept all my statutes and done them, he will surely live.
20 · This verse (above)
21And the wicked, if he turns from all his sins that he has done, and keeps all my statutes, and does justice and righteousness, he will surely live; he will not die.
