Ezekiel 18:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”

Ezekiel 18:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 18:2311 words

HebrewMeaning

הֶ/חָפֹ֤ץheḥāpōṣ

(haveparticleH2654

any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···

אֶחְפֹּץ֙ʾeḥəpōṣ

(haveverbH2654

any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···

מ֣וֹתmwōt

deadnounH4194

death · die

רָשָׁ֔עrāšāʿ

guiltyadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

נְאֻ֖םnəʾum

saidnounH5002

saith

אֲדֹנָ֣/יʾădōnāy

LordnounH136

יְהוִ֑הyəhwih

GodnounH3069

הֲ/ל֛וֹאhălwōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

בְּ/שׁוּב֥/וֹbəšwbwō

((breakpronH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

מִ/דְּרָכָ֖י/וmidərākāyw

alongpronH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

וְ/חָיָֽהwəḥāyāh

keep (leaveconjH2421

make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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