And it came aboutוַיְהִיin the twenty-seventh year,בְּעֶשְׂרִים וָשֶׁבַע שָׁנָהin the first month,בָּרִאשׁוֹןon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameהָיָהto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 29:17
Study it in the app“And it came about in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:17, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- in the twenty-seventh yearעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- in the twenty-seventh yearשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- in the twenty-seventh yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- in the first monthרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- on the first dayאֶחָדechad
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appears- of the monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
16And it will no longer be to the house of Israel an object of confidence bringing to mind iniquity, when they turned after them; and they will know that I am Adonai YHWH.’”
17 · This verse (above)
18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army perform a great labor against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; and there was no wage for him or for his army from Tyre for the labor that he labored against her.