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As I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהyou will surely notאִםhaveיִהְיֶה לָכֶםoccasion any longerעוֹדto speakמְשֹׁלthisהַזֶּהproverbהַמָּשָׁלin Israel.בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 18:3
Study it in the app“As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, you will surely not have occasion any longer to speak this proverb in Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 18:3, word by word
- As I liveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” 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- haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- to speakמְשֹׁלmeshol
speak proverbs
To speak in sayings or pictures that people repeat.
Where else “meshol” appears- proverbמָּשָׁלmashal
proverb
A short, wise saying.
Where else “mashal” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
2“What do you mean, you who speak this proverb about the soil of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
3 · This verse (above)
4Look, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son, they are mine; the soul who sins, it will die.