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When a righteous manבְּ צַדִּיקturnsשׁוּבfrom his righteousnessמִצִּדְקָתוֹand doesוְעָשָׂהinjustice,עָוֶלand diesוּמֵתbecause of it,עֲלֵיהֶםfor his injusticeבְּעַוְלוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe has doneעָשָׂהhe will die.יָמוּת
Ezekiel 18:26
Study it in the app“When a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does injustice, and dies because of it, for his injustice that he has done he will die.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:26, word by word
- When a righteous manצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- turnsשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- from his righteousnessצִּדְקָתtsidkat
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkat” 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- injusticeעָוֶלavel
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avel” appears- and diesמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears
The context
25Yet you say, ‘The way of Adonai is not rightly weighed.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not rightly weighed? Is it not your ways that are not rightly weighed?
26 · This verse (above)
27And when a wicked man turns from his wickedness that he has done, and does justice and righteousness, he will keep his soul alive.