Study it in the app“But 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.”
But you,וְאַתָּהifכִּיyou warnהִזְהַרְתָּthe wickedרָשָׁעfrom his wayמִדַּרְכּוֹto turnלָשׁוּבfrom it,מִמֶּנָּהand he does notוְלֹאturnשָׁבfrom his way,מִדַּרְכּוֹheהוּאwill dieיָמוּתfor his iniquity,בַּעֲוֺנוֹbut youוְאַתָּהwill have deliveredהִצַּלְתָּyour soul.נַפְשְׁךָ
warn
To alert someone to danger, instruct them.
Where else “hizharta” appearswicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsalta” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears8When I say to the wicked, “Wicked man, you will surely die,” and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand.
9 · This verse (above)
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?”
