Ezekiel

Ezekiel 33:17

¹⁷Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet your people	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
say	וְאָמְרוּ֙	wə·’ā·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H559 utter, say
The way	דֶּ֣רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֑י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
is not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
just	יִתָּכֵ֖ן	yit·tā·ḵên	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8505 regulate, measure, estimate
But it is	וְהֵ֖מָּה	wə·hêm·māh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
their way	דַּרְכָּ֥ם	dar·kām	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
that is not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
just	יִתָּכֵֽן׃	yit·tā·ḵên	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8505 regulate, measure, estimate

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.