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The soundקוֹלof the hornהַשּׁוֹפָרhe heardשָׁמַעand did notוְלֹאlet himself be warned;נִזְהָרhis bloodדָּמוֹwill beיִהְיֶהon him;בּוֹbut he,וְהוּאhad he let himself be warned,נִזְהָרwould have savedמִלֵּטhis soul.נַפְשׁוֹ
Ezekiel 33:5
Study it in the app“The sound of the horn he heard and did not let himself be warned; his blood will be on him; but he, had he let himself be warned, would have saved his soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 33:5, word by word
- The soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of the hornשּׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- he heardשָׁמַעshama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appears- let himself be warnedנִזְהָרnizhar
warn
To alert someone to danger, instruct them.
Where else “nizhar” appears- his bloodדָּמdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- would have savedמִלֵּטmilet
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “milet” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
4and the hearer hears the sound of the horn and does not let himself be warned, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his head.
5 · This verse (above)
6And the watchman, if he sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn, and the people do not let themselves be warned, and the sword comes and takes from them a soul, he is taken away for his iniquity, but his blood I will require from the hand of the watchman.