And it came aboutוַיְהִיin the twelfth year,בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָהon the fifteenth dayבַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂרof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameהָיָהto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 32:17
Study it in the app“And it came about in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
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Ezekiel 32:17, 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 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- on the fifteenth dayחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” 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
16This is a dirge, and they will chant it as a dirge; the daughters of the nations will chant it; over Egypt and over all her multitude they will chant it, declares Adonai YHWH.’”
17 · This verse (above)
18“Son of man, bewail the multitude of Egypt, and bring it down, her and the daughters of noble nations, to the land of the depths, with those who go down to the pit.