2 Chronicles 25:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א הֵמִ֑ית כִּ֣י כַכָּת֣וּב בַּתּוֹרָ֡ה בְּסֵ֣פֶר מֹשֶׁה֩ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא־יָמ֨וּתוּ אָב֤וֹת עַל־בָּנִים֙ וּבָנִים֙ לֹא־יָמ֣וּתוּ עַל־אָב֔וֹת כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ יָמֽוּתוּ׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-ʾet-bənêhem lōʾ hēmît kî ka-kātûb ba-tôrâ bə-sēfer mōšeh ʾăšer-ṣiwwâ YHWH lēʾmōr lōʾ-yāmûtû ʾābôt ʿal-bānîm û-bānîm lōʾ-yāmûtû ʿal-ʾābôt kî ʾîš bə-ḥeṭʾô yāmûtû

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾet-bənêhem*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix, 'and their sons'
*lōʾ*: negative particle, 'not'
*hēmît*: hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular, 'he put to death'
*kî*: conjunction, 'because/for'
*ka-kātûb*: preposition + qal passive participle, 'as written'
*ba-tôrâ*: preposition + definite article + noun, 'in the Torah/Law'
*bə-sēfer*: preposition + noun construct, 'in the book of'
*mōšeh*: proper noun, 'Moses'
*ʾăšer-ṣiwwâ*: relative pronoun + piel perfect 3rd masculine singular, 'which commanded'
*YHWH*: divine name (tetragrammaton)
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct, 'saying'
*lōʾ-yāmûtû*: negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural, 'they shall not die'
*ʾābôt*: noun masculine plural, 'fathers'
*ʿal-bānîm*: preposition + noun masculine plural, 'for/because of sons'
*û-bānîm*: conjunction + noun masculine plural, 'and sons'
*ʿal-ʾābôt*: preposition + noun masculine plural, 'for/because of fathers'
*ʾîš*: noun masculine singular, 'man/each person'
*bə-ḥeṭʾô*: preposition + noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'for his sin'
*yāmûtû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural, 'they shall die'

Word Meanings

*hēmît*: put to death/executed/killed
*tôrâ*: law/instruction/teaching
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordered/instructed
*ʿal*: for/because of/on account of
*ḥeṭʾô*: sin/offense/guilt

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Referenced Verses

Deut 24:16 : 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
2 Kgs 14:5-6 : 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Jer 31:29-30 : 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Ezek 18:4 : 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Similar Verses (AI)

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