Sayאֱמֹרto them,אֲלֵיהֶםAs I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהI take noאִםpleasureאֶחְפֹּץin the deathבְּמוֹתof the wicked,הָרָשָׁעbutכִּי אִםin the wicked man’s turningבְּשׁוּב רָשָׁעfrom his wayמִדַּרְכּוֹand living.וְחָיָהTurn,שׁוּבוּturnשׁוּבוּfrom your evilהָרָעִיםways;מִדַּרְכֵיכֶםand whyוְלָמָּהwill you die,תָמוּתוּhouseבֵּיתof Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 33:11
Study it in the app“Say 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?”
God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but in their turning backTurning back to God
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 33:11, word by word
- Sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- 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- pleasureאֶחְפֹּץechpots
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “echpots” appears- in the deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears- of the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- in the wicked man’s turningשׁוּבshuv
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuv” appears- from his wayדַּרְכּdark
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appears- and livingחָיָהchaya
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “chaya” appears- from your evilרָעִיםraim
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raim” appears- will you dieתָמוּתוּtamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamutu” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of 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
10And 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?”
11 · This verse (above)
12And you, son of man, say to the sons of your people, The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him on the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble by it on the day he turns from his wickedness; and the righteous will not be able to live by it on the day he sins.