But you,וְאַתָּהifכִּיyou warn him,הִזְהַרְתּוֹthe righteous man,צַדִּיקso thatלְthe righteous manצַדִּיקdoes notבִלְתִּיsin,חֲטֹאand heוְהוּאdoes notלֹאsin,חָטָאhe will surelyחָיוֹlive,יִחְיֶהbecauseכִּיhe let himself be warned;נִזְהָרand youוְאַתָּהwill have deliveredהִצַּלְתָּyour soul.”נַפְשְׁךָ
Ezekiel 3:21
Study it in the app“But you, if you warn him, the righteous man, so that the righteous man does not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he let himself be warned; and you will have delivered your soul.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:21, word by word
- you warn himהִזְהַרְתּhizhart
warn
To alert someone to danger, instruct them.
Where else “hizhart” appears- the righteous manצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- sinחֲטֹאchato
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chato” appears- he will surelyחָיוֹchayo
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “chayo” appears- will have deliveredהִצַּלְתָּhitsalta
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsalta” appears- your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
20And when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does injustice, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die; because you did not warn him, for his sin he will die, and his acts of righteousness that he did will not be remembered, but his blood I will require from your hand.
21 · This verse (above)
22And the hand of YHWH came upon me there, and he said to me, “Arise, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”