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And when a wicked manוּבְ רָשָׁעturnsשׁוּבfrom his wickednessמֵרִשְׁעָתוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe has done,עָשָׂהand doesוַיַּעַשׂjusticeמִשְׁפָּטand righteousness,וּצְדָקָהheהוּאwill keepיְחַיֶּהhis soulאֶת נַפְשׁוֹalive.יְחַיֶּה
Ezekiel 18:27
Study it in the app“And when a wicked man turns from his wickedness that he has done, and does justice and righteousness, he will keep his soul alive.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:27, word by word
- And when a wicked manרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- turnsשׁוּבshuv
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuv” appears- from his wickednessרִשְׁעָתrishat
wickedness
Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.
Where else “rishat” appears- he has doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- and righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- will keepיְחַיֶּהyechaye
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “yechaye” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
26When 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.
27 · This verse (above)
28Because he considered and turned from all his transgressions that he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.