Author Archives: Nevi’im

וּבְשׁ֣וּב רָשָׁ֗ע מֵֽרִשְׁעָתֹו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַשׂ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָ֑ה ה֖וּא אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֥ו יְחַיֶּֽה׃ And when the wicked turns back from his wickedness that he has done and does justice and righteousness, he shall make his soul live.   Morphology וּבְשׁוּב (u-ve-shuv) – … Continue reading →

בְּשׁוּב־צַדִּ֧יק מִצִּדְקָתֹ֛ו וְעָ֥שָׂה עָ֖וֶל וּמֵ֣ת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם בְּעַוְלֹ֥ו אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה יָמֽוּת׃ ס When a righteous man turns back from his righteousness and does injustice, and he dies upon them, in his injustice that he has done he shall die.   Morphology בְּשׁוּב … Continue reading →

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם לֹ֥א יִתָּכֵ֖ן דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֲדֹנָ֑י שִׁמְעוּ־נָא֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֲדַרְכִּי֙ לֹ֣א יִתָּכֵ֔ן הֲלֹ֥א דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם לֹ֥א יִתָּכֵֽנוּ׃ And you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, house of Yisraʾel: Is My way not right? Are not your ways … Continue reading →

וּבְשׁ֨וּב צַדִּ֤יק מִצִּדְקָתֹו֙ וְעָ֣שָׂה עָ֔וֶל כְּכֹ֨ל הַתֹּועֵבֹ֜ות אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֧ה הָרָשָׁ֛ע יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה וָחָ֑י כָּל־צִדְקֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֙ה לֹ֣א תִזָּכַ֔רְנָה בְּמַעֲלֹ֧ו אֲשֶׁר־מָעַ֛ל וּבְחַטָּאתֹ֥ו אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֖א בָּ֥ם יָמֽוּת׃ And when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, according to all the abominations that … Continue reading →

הֶחָפֹ֤ץ אֶחְפֹּץ֙ מֹ֣ות רָשָׁ֔ע נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הֲלֹ֛וא בְּשׁוּבֹ֥ו מִדְּרָכָ֖יו וְחָיָֽה׃ ס Do I indeed desire the death of the wicked?” declares the Lord YHWH, “is it not in his turning back from his ways that he may live?   … Continue reading →

כָּל־פְּשָׁעָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה לֹ֥א יִזָּכְר֖וּ לֹ֑ו בְּצִדְקָתֹ֥ו אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ All his transgressions that he has done shall not be remembered for him; in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.   Morphology כָּל־ (kol) – Root: כל; Form: … Continue reading →

וְהָרָשָׁ֗ע כִּ֤י יָשׁוּב֙ מִכָּל־חַטָּאתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְשָׁמַר֙ אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּותַ֔י וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָ֑ה חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃ And the wicked, when he turns back from all his sins that he has done and keeps all My statutes and does justice and righteousness, … Continue reading →

הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַחֹטֵ֖את הִ֣יא תָמ֑וּת בֵּ֞ן לֹא־יִשָּׂ֣א בַּעֲוֹ֣ן הָאָ֗ב וְאָב֙ לֹ֤א יִשָּׂא֙ בַּעֲוֹ֣ן הַבֵּ֔ן צִדְקַ֤ת הַצַּדִּיק֙ עָלָ֣יו תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְרִשְׁעַ֥ת רָשָׁ֖ע עָלָ֥יו תִּֽהְיֶֽה׃ ס The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and … Continue reading →

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם מַדֻּ֛עַ לֹא־נָשָׂ֥א הַבֵּ֖ן בַּעֲוֹ֣ן הָאָ֑ב וְהַבֵּ֞ן מִשְׁפָּ֧ט וּצְדָקָ֣ה עָשָׂ֗ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־חֻקֹּותַ֥י שָׁמַ֛ר וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶֽה׃ And you say, ‘Why does the son not bear the iniquity of the father?’ But the son has done justice and righteousness, all … Continue reading →

אָבִ֞יו כִּֽי־עָ֣שַׁק עֹ֗שֶׁק גָּזַל֙ גֵּ֣זֶל אָ֔ח וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־טֹ֛וב עָשָׂ֖ה בְּתֹ֣וךְ עַמָּ֑יו וְהִנֵּה־מֵ֖ת בַּעֲוֹנֹֽו׃ His father, because he oppressed oppression, robbed the robbery of a brother, and that which is not good he did in the midst of his people; and … Continue reading →

מֵעָנִ֞י הֵשִׁ֣יב יָדֹ֗ו נֶ֤שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א לָקָ֔ח מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י עָשָׂ֔ה בְּחֻקֹּותַ֖י הָלָ֑ךְ ה֗וּא לֹ֥א יָמ֛וּת בַּעֲוֹ֥ן אָבִ֖יו חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶֽה׃ From the poor he has withdrawn his hand, interest and increase he has not taken, My judgments he has done, in My … Continue reading →

וְאִישׁ֙ לֹ֣א הֹונָ֔ה חֲבֹל֙ לֹ֣א חָבָ֔ל וּגְזֵלָ֖ה לֹ֣א גָזָ֑ל לַחְמֹו֙ לְרָעֵ֣ב נָתָ֔ן וְעֵרֹ֖ום כִּסָּה־בָֽגֶד׃ And a man he did not oppress, a pledge he did not seize, and robbery he did not rob; his bread he gave to the hungry, … Continue reading →

עַל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ לֹ֣א אָכָ֔ל וְעֵינָיו֙ לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֔א אֶל־גִּלּוּלֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֶת־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ לֹ֥א טִמֵּֽא׃ On the mountains he has not eaten, and his eyes he has not lifted to the idols of the house of Yisraʾel, the wife of his neighbor … Continue reading →

וְהִנֵּה֙ הֹולִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וַיַּ֕רְא אֶת־כָּל־חַטֹּ֥את אָבִ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן׃ And behold, he begets a son, and he sees all the sins of his father that he did, and he sees and does not do according to them. … Continue reading →

בַּנֶּ֧שֶׁךְ נָתַ֛ן וְתַרְבִּ֥ית לָקַ֖ח וָחָ֑י לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶ֗ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַתֹּועֵבֹ֤ות הָאֵ֨לֶּה֙ עָשָׂ֔ה מֹ֣ות יוּמָ֔ת דָּמָ֖יו בֹּ֥ו יִהְיֶֽה׃ With interest he has given, and increase he has taken, and he shall live? He shall not live. All these abominations he has done; … Continue reading →

עָנִ֤י וְאֶבְיֹון֙ הֹונָ֔ה גְּזֵלֹ֣ות גָּזָ֔ל חֲבֹ֖ל לֹ֣א יָשִׁ֑יב וְאֶל־הַגִּלּוּלִים֙ נָשָׂ֣א עֵינָ֔יו תֹּועֵבָ֖ה עָשָֽׂה׃ The poor and needy he oppressed, robberies he committed, a pledge he did not return, and to the idols he lifted his eyes, abomination he did.   … Continue reading →

וְה֕וּא אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֑ה כִּ֣י גַ֤ם אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ אָכַ֔ל וְאֶת־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ טִמֵּֽא׃ But he has not done all these, for even to the mountains he ate, and the wife of his neighbor he defiled.   Morphology וְהוּא (ve-hu) – Root: הוא; … Continue reading →

וְהֹולִ֥יד בֵּן־פָּרִ֖יץ שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ דָּ֑ם וְעָ֣שָׂה אָ֔ח מֵאַחַ֖ד מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃ And if he begets a violent son, a shedder of blood, and he does to a brother one from among these.   Morphology וְהֹולִיד (ve-holid) – Root: ילד; Form: Hifil perfect 3rd … Continue reading →

בְּחֻקֹּותַ֧י יְהַלֵּ֛ךְ וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥י שָׁמַ֖ר לַעֲשֹׂ֣ות אֱמֶ֑ת צַדִּ֥יק הוּא֙ חָיֹ֣ה יִֽחְיֶ֔ה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ In My statutes he walks, and My judgments he keeps to do truth; he is righteous, living he shall live,” declares the Lord YHWH.   Morphology בְּחֻקֹּותַי … Continue reading →

בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־יִתֵּ֗ן וְתַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔ח מֵעָ֖וֶל יָשִׁ֣יב יָדֹ֑ו מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֱמֶת֙ יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ לְאִֽישׁ׃ With interest he does not give, and increase he does not take; from injustice he turns back his hand; true justice he does between a man … Continue reading →

וְאִישׁ֙ לֹ֣א יֹונֶ֔ה חֲבֹלָתֹ֥ו חֹוב֙ יָשִׁ֔יב גְּזֵלָ֖ה לֹ֣א יִגְזֹ֑ל לַחְמֹו֙ לְרָעֵ֣ב יִתֵּ֔ן וְעֵירֹ֖ם יְכַסֶּה־בָּֽגֶד׃ And a man, he does not oppress, he returns his pledge of debt, robbery he does not rob, his bread he gives to the hungry, and … Continue reading →

אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ לֹ֣א אָכָ֔ל וְעֵינָיו֙ לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֔א אֶל־גִּלּוּלֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאֶת־אֵ֤שֶׁת רֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ לֹ֣א טִמֵּ֔א וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֥ה נִדָּ֖ה לֹ֥א יִקְרָֽב׃ To the mountains he did not eat, and his eyes he did not lift to the idols of the house of Yisraʾel, and … Continue reading →

וְאִ֖ישׁ כִּי־יִהְיֶ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃ And a man, if he be righteous, and does justice and righteousness.   Morphology וְאִישׁ (ve-ish) – Root: אישׁ; Form: Conjunction + noun masculine singular; Translation: “And a man”; Notes: Introduces the case of … Continue reading →

הֵ֤ן כָּל־הַנְּפָשֹׁות֙ לִ֣י הֵ֔נָּה כְּנֶ֧פֶשׁ הָאָ֛ב וּכְנֶ֥פֶשׁ הַבֵּ֖ן לִי־הֵ֑נָּה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַחֹטֵ֖את הִ֥יא תָמֽוּת׃ ס Behold, all the souls are to Me; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son, they are to Me; the soul … Continue reading →

חַי־אָ֕נִי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה אִם־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם עֹ֗וד מְשֹׁ֛ל הַמָּשָׁ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ As I live,” declares the Lord YHWH, “if there shall still be to you the using of this proverb in Yisraʾel.   Morphology חַי־אָ֕נִי (ḥai–ʾani) – Root: חי; Form: … Continue reading →

מַה־לָּכֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֙ מֹֽשְׁלִים֙ אֶת־הַמָּשָׁ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר אָבֹות֙ יֹ֣אכְלוּ בֹ֔סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י הַבָּנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃ “What is it to you that you are using this proverb upon the land of Yisraʾel, saying, ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, and the teeth of … Continue reading →

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃ And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,   Morphology וַיְהִי (va-yehi) – Root: היה; Form: Qal wayyiqtol (narrative past) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it came to pass”; Notes: Narrative marker introducing divine … Continue reading →

וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כָּל־עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ הִשְׁפַּ֣לְתִּי עֵ֣ץ גָּבֹ֗הַ הִגְבַּ֨הְתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ שָׁפָ֔ל הֹובַ֨שְׁתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ לָ֔ח וְהִפְרַ֖חְתִּי עֵ֣ץ יָבֵ֑שׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי וְעָשִֽׂיתִי׃ פ And all the trees of the field shall know that I am YHWH: I brought low the … Continue reading →

בְּהַ֨ר מְרֹ֤ום יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶשְׁתֳּלֶ֔נּוּ וְנָשָׂ֤א עָנָף֙ וְעָ֣שָׂה פֶ֔רִי וְהָיָ֖ה לְאֶ֣רֶז אַדִּ֑יר וְשָׁכְנ֣וּ תַחְתָּ֗יו כֹּ֚ל צִפֹּ֣ור כָּל־כָּנָ֔ף בְּצֵ֥ל דָּלִיֹּותָ֖יו תִּשְׁכֹּֽנָּה׃ On the high mountain of Yisraʾel I will plant it, and it shall bear branch and make fruit and become a … Continue reading →

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְלָקַ֣חְתִּי אָ֗נִי מִצַּמֶּ֧רֶת הָאֶ֛רֶז הָרָמָ֖ה וְנָתָ֑תִּי מֵרֹ֤אשׁ יֹֽנְקֹותָיו֙ רַ֣ךְ אֶקְטֹ֔ף וְשָׁתַ֣לְתִּי אָ֔נִי עַ֥ל הַר־גָּבֹ֖הַ וְתָלֽוּל׃ Thus says the Lord YHWH: “I, even I, will take from the top of the lofty cedar and will set it. … Continue reading →