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And it came aboutוַיְהִיin the eleventh year,בְּאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָהin the third month,בַּשְּׁלִישִׁיon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameהָיָהto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 31:1
Study it in the app“And it came about in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 31:1, 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 eleventh yearאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- in the eleventh yearעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- in the eleventh yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- in the third monthשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” 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
1 · This verse (above)
2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude, ‘To whom are you like in your greatness?