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Do I take any pleasureהֶחָפֹץ אֶחְפֹּץin the deathמוֹתof the wicked,רָשָׁעdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH?יְהוִהIs it notהֲלוֹאin his turningבְּשׁוּבוֹfrom his ways,מִדְּרָכָיוthat he may live?וְחָיָה
Ezekiel 18:23
Study it in the app“Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares Adonai YHWH? Is it not in his turning from his ways, that he may live?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:23, word by word
- Do I take any pleasureחָפֹץchafots
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafots” appears- in the deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- of the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- in his turningשׁוּבshuv
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuv” appears- from his waysדְּרָכָיderachay
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachay” appears- that he may liveחָיָהchaya
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “chaya” appears
The context
22All his transgressions that he has done will not be remembered against him; for his righteousness that he has done he will live.
23 · This verse (above)
24But when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does injustice, according to all the abominations that the wicked man has done, will he do so and live? All his righteous deeds that he has done will not be remembered; for his breach of faith that he committed and for his sin that he sinned, for them he will die.