Ezekiel 29:17

“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,”

Ezekiel 29:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.

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