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When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. (KJV)
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בְּאָמְרִ֤יbe.'a.me.Riwhen say I
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 1
לָֽרָשָׁע֙la.ra.Sha'to <the> wicked [person]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 2
מ֣וֹתMotsurely <die>
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 3
תָּמ֔וּתta.Mutyou will die
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 4
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 5
הִזְהַרְתּ֗וֹhiz.har.Toyou have warned him
Lemma: זָהַר (za.har) · Strong's: H2094B
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)
Meaning: to warn
Used 20 times. Also: Exodus 18:20, 2 Chronicles 19:10, Psalms 19:11, Ecclesiastes 4:13, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Ezekiel 3:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2094B; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 6
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 7
דִבַּ֛רְתָּdi.Bar.tayou have spoken
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpp2ms)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 8
לְהַזְהִ֥ירle.haz.Hirto warn
Lemma: זָהַר (za.har) · Strong's: H2094B
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to warn
Used 20 times. Also: Exodus 18:20, 2 Chronicles 19:10, Psalms 19:11, Ecclesiastes 4:13, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Ezekiel 3:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2094B; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 9
רָשָׁ֛עra.Sha'a wicked [person]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 10
מִדַּרְכּ֥וֹmi.dar.Kofrom way his
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: way: conduct
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 11
הָרְשָׁעָ֖הha.re.sha.'Ah<the> wicked
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 12
לְחַיֹּת֑וֹle.chai.yo.Toto preserve alive him
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to live
Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 13
ה֤וּאhu'that
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 14
רָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'wicked [person]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 15
בַּעֲוֹנ֣וֹba.'a.vo.Nofor iniquity his
Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: iniquity: crime
Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 16
יָמ֔וּתya.Muthe will die
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 17
וְדָמ֖וֹve.da.Moand blood his
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 18
מִיָּדְךָ֥mi.ya.de.Khafrom hand your
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 19
אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ\׃'a.va.KeshI will require
Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to seek
Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Ezekiel 3:18 word 20
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If I say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to the wicked man | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| You will surely die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| . . . | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| but you do not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| warn him | → | זָהַר H2094B to warn |
| [or] | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| speak out | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| to warn | → | זָהַר H2094B to warn |
| him | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| from his wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| way | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct |
| to save his life | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| that | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| wicked man | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| will die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| in his iniquity | → | עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime |
| and I will hold you | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| responsible for | → | בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek |
| his blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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