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And it came aboutוַיְהִיin the twelfth year,בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָהin the twelfth month,בִּשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameהָיָהto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 32:1
Study it in the app“And it came about in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
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Ezekiel 32:1, 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 twelfth yearשְׁתֵּיshete
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shete” appears- in the twelfth yearעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- in the twelfth yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- in the twelfth monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- on the first dayאֶחָדechad
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” 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, raise a dirge over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, ‘A young lion of the nations you were compared to, and you are like the sea monster in the seas; and you burst forth in your rivers, and muddied the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.