Study it in the app“And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: “Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and in them we are wasting away; and how will we live?””
And you,וְאַתָּהsonבֶןof man,אָדָםsayאֱמֹרto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלThusכֵּןyou have said:אֲמַרְתֶּם לֵאמֹר“Our transgressionsפְשָׁעֵינוּand our sinsוְחַטֹּאתֵינוּare upon us,עָלֵינוּand in themוּבָםweאֲנַחְנוּare wasting away;נְמַקִּיםand howוְאֵיךְwill we live?”נִחְיֶה
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
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” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “feshae” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatote” appearswaste away, rot
Waste away, melt away little by little, rot.
Where else “nemakim” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “nichye” appears9But you, if you warn the wicked from his way to turn from it, and he does not turn from his way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
10 · This verse (above)
11Say to them, As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but in the wicked man’s turning from his way and living. Turn, turn from your evil ways; and why will you die, house of Israel?
