--- title: Ezekiel 33:12 — And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The right… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/33/) / 33:12 # Ezekiel 33:12 יְחֶזְקֵאל **Who acts:** thou, righteousness, man · **What happens:** say, not deliver, not stumble, turn, be, live · **To what, where:** man, day, wickedness · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Ezekiel 33:12 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — thou, righteousness, man — and what happens in the verse to man, day, wickedness, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 48 chapters of Ezekiel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם אֱמֹ֤ר אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־עַמְּךָ֙ צִדְקַ֣ת הַצַּדִּ֗יק לֹ֤א תַצִּילֶ֙נּוּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם פִּשְׁע֔וֹ וְרִשְׁעַ֤ת הָֽרָשָׁע֙ לֹֽא־יִכָּ֣שֶׁל בָּ֔הּ בְּי֖וֹם שׁוּב֣וֹ מֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹ וְצַדִּ֗יק לֹ֥א יוּכַ֛ל לִֽחְי֥וֹת בָּ֖הּ בְּי֥וֹם חֲטֹאתֽוֹ׃ [And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.860/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:EZK:827 # text = וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם אֱמֹ֤ר אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־עַמְּךָ֙ צִדְקַ֣ת הַצַּדִּ֗יק לֹ֤א תַצִּילֶ֙נּוּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם פִּשְׁע֔וֹ וְרִשְׁעַ֤ת הָֽרָשָׁע֙ לֹֽא־יִכָּ֣שֶׁל בָּ֔הּ בְּי֖וֹם שׁוּב֣וֹ מֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹ וְצַדִּ֗יק לֹ֥א יוּכַ֛ל לִֽחְי֥וֹת בָּ֖הּ בְּי֥וֹם חֲטֹאתֽוֹ׃ # verse = EZK.33.12 1-2 וְאַתָּ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_33:12!1|MId=o260330120011|Strong=2050b 2 אַתָּ֣ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=EZK_33:12!1|MId=o260330120012|Strong=0859|Type=personal 3 בֶן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 dislocated _ Gloss=O.son|Ref=EZK_33:12!2|MId=o260330120021|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 4 אָדָ֗ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.humankind|Ref=EZK_33:12!3|MId=o260330120031|Strong=0120 5 אֱמֹ֤ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=say|Ref=EZK_33:12!4|MId=o260330120041|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260330120012;|Type=imperative 6 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_33:12!5|MId=o260330120051|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 7 בְּנֵֽי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 obl _ Gloss=the.children|Ref=EZK_33:12!6|MId=o260330120061|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 עַמְּךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.people|Ref=EZK_33:12!7|MId=o260330120071|Strong=5971 9 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=EZK_33:12!7|MId=o260330120072|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 10 צִדְקַ֣ת צְדָקָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=the.righteousness|Ref=EZK_33:12!8|MId=o260330120081|Strong=6666 11-12 הַצַּדִּ֗יק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZK_33:12!9|MId=o260330120091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 צַּדִּ֗יק צַדִּיק ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.righteous.[person]|Ref=EZK_33:12!9|MId=o260330120092|Strong=6662|Type=adjective 13 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 14 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EZK_33:12!10|MId=o260330120101|Strong=3808|Type=negative 14-15 תַצִּילֶ֙נּוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 תַצִּיל נָצַל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 ccomp _ Gloss=it|Ref=EZK_33:12!11|MId=o260330120111|Strong=5337|Frame=AA:260330120081;A0:260330120112;|Type=yiqtol 15 ֶ֙נּוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ Gloss=will.deliver.him|Ref=EZK_33:12!11|MId=o260330120112|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 16-17 בְּי֣וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EZK_33:12!12|MId=o260330120121|Strong=0871a 17 י֣וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=the.day|Ref=EZK_33:12!12|MId=o260330120122|Strong=3117 18-19 פִּשְׁע֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 פִּשְׁע פֶּשַׁע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.transgression|Ref=EZK_33:12!13|MId=o260330120131|Strong=6588 19 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EZK_33:12!13|MId=o260330120132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 20-21 וְרִשְׁעַ֤ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_33:12!14|MId=o260330120141|Strong=2050b 21 רִשְׁעַ֤ת רִשְׁעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 dislocated _ Gloss=the.wickedness|Ref=EZK_33:12!14|MId=o260330120142|Strong=7564 22-23 הָֽרָשָׁע֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZK_33:12!15|MId=o260330120151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 רָשָׁע֙ רָשָׁע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.wicked.[person]|Ref=EZK_33:12!15|MId=o260330120152|Strong=7563|Type=adjective 24 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 25 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EZK_33:12!16|MId=o260330120161|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 25 יִכָּ֣שֶׁל כָּשַׁל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=he.will.stumble|Ref=EZK_33:12!17|MId=o260330120171|Strong=3782|Frame=A1:260330120152;|Type=yiqtol 26-27 בָּ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZK_33:12!18|MId=o260330120181|Strong=0871a 27 ָ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=EZK_33:12!18|MId=o260330120182|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 28-29 בְּי֖וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EZK_33:12!19|MId=o260330120191|Strong=0871a 29 י֖וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=the.day|Ref=EZK_33:12!19|MId=o260330120192|Strong=3117 30-31 שׁוּב֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 שׁוּב שׁוּב VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 29 acl _ Gloss=bring_back|Ref=EZK_33:12!20|MId=o260330120201|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:260330120202;|Type=infinitive_construct 31 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ Gloss=turns.back|Ref=EZK_33:12!20|MId=o260330120202|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 32-34 מֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 מֵֽ מִן ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=EZK_33:12!21|MId=o260330120211|Strong=4480 33 רִשְׁע רֶשַׁע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 obl _ Gloss=wickedness|Ref=EZK_33:12!21|MId=o260330120212|Strong=7562 34 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EZK_33:12!21|MId=o260330120213|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 35-36 וְצַדִּ֗יק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_33:12!22|MId=o260330120221|Strong=2050b 36 צַדִּ֗יק צַדִּיק ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ Gloss=a.righteous.[person]|Ref=EZK_33:12!22|MId=o260330120222|Strong=6662|Type=adjective 37 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 38 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EZK_33:12!23|MId=o260330120231|Strong=3808|Type=negative 38 יוּכַ֛ל יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=he.will.be.able|Ref=EZK_33:12!24|MId=o260330120241|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:260330120222;|Type=yiqtol 39-40 לִֽחְי֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 לִֽ לְ ADP _ _ 40 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_33:12!25|MId=o260330120251|Strong=3807a 40 חְי֥וֹת חָיָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 38 xcomp _ Gloss=live|Ref=EZK_33:12!25|MId=o260330120252|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:260330120222;|Type=infinitive_construct 41-42 בָּ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 42 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZK_33:12!26|MId=o260330120261|Strong=0871a 42 ָ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=EZK_33:12!26|MId=o260330120262|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 43-44 בְּי֥וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 44 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EZK_33:12!27|MId=o260330120271|Strong=0871a 44 י֥וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 38 obl _ Gloss=the.day|Ref=EZK_33:12!27|MId=o260330120272|Strong=3117 45-46 חֲטֹאתֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45 חֲטֹאת חָטָא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 44 acl _ Gloss=sins|Ref=EZK_33:12!28|MId=o260330120281|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:260330120282;|Type=infinitive_construct 46 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=EZK_33:12!28|MId=o260330120282|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 47 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 46 punct _ Ref=EZK_33:12!28 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֱמֹר *say* | imperative · qal | אַתָּה *you* | | | | | **not** תַצִּיל *it* | yiqtol · hiphil | ֶנּוּ *will deliver him* | | | צִדְקַת *the righteousness* | | **not** יִכָּשֶׁל *he will stumble* | yiqtol · niphal | | רָשָׁע *the wicked \[person\]* | | | | שׁוּב *bring\_back* | infinitive construct · qal | וֹ *turns back* | | | | | **not** יוּכַל *he will be able* | yiqtol · qal | צַדִּיק *a righteous \[person\]* | | | | | חְיוֹת *live* | infinitive construct · qal | צַדִּיק *a righteous \[person\]* | | | | | חֲטֹאת *sins* | infinitive construct · qal | ֽוֹ *he* | | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos} וְאַתְּ בַּר אָדָם אֱמַר לִבְנֵי עַמָךְ זְכוּת זַכָּאָה לָא תְשֵׁיזְבִינֵיהּ בְּיוֹמָא דְחוֹבְתֵּהּ וְחוֹבַת חַיָבָא לָא יִתְקַל בָּהּ בְּיוֹמָא דִיתוּב מֵחוֹבֵיהּ וְצַדִיקָא לָא יֵכוּל לְאִתְקַיְמָא בֵיהּ בְּיוֹמָא דְחוֹבְתֵּיהּ: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.860/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). Hebrew sentence `wlc:EZK:827`. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 33:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.11/) - next →: [Ezekiel 33:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.13/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/33/)