Ezekiel 20:11

American Standard Version (1901)

And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ אֶת־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י הוֹדַ֣עְתִּי אוֹתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אוֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֥י בָּהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wāʾettēn to-them ʾet-ḥuqqôtay and-ʾet-mišpāṭay hôdaʿtî ʾôtām which yaʿăśeh ʾôtām the-ʾādām and-wāḥay in-them.

Grammar Details

• *wāʾettēn*: waw-consecutive with qal imperfect, 1st singular - and I gave
• *ḥuqqôtay*: noun, feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my statutes
• *mišpāṭay*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my ordinances/judgments
• *hôdaʿtî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I made known
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *yaʿăśeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will do
• *ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the man
• *wāḥay*: waw-consecutive with qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will live
• *bāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - by them

Word Meanings

• *ḥuqqôtay*: my statutes/my decrees/my laws
• *mišpāṭay*: my ordinances/my judgments/my regulations
• *hôdaʿtî*: I made known/I informed/I taught
• *wāḥay* *bāhem*: and he will live by them/and he will live through them (idiom for finding life through obedience)

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:5 : 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
• Deut 4:8 : 8 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
• Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.
• Gal 3:12 : 12 and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.
• Neh 9:13-14 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
• Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
• Ezek 20:21 : 21 But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
• Luke 10:28 : 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
• Rom 3:2 : 2 Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
• Deut 20:15-16 : 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 16 But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;