The Meaning of Ezekiel 29:1 Explained

Ezekiel 29:1

KJV: In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

YLT: In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying,

Darby: In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

ASV: In the tenth year, in the tenth month , in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the tenth  year,  in the tenth  [month], in the twelfth  [day] of the month,  the word  of the LORD  came unto me, saying, 

What does Ezekiel 29:1 Mean?

Verse Meaning

This is another dated prophecy. It came to Ezekiel in the year before his first oracle against Tyre (26:1), namely, in587 B.C. The specific date is January7 , 587 B.C. [1]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 29

1  The judgment of Pharaoh for his treachery to Israel
8  The desolation of Egypt
13  The restoration thereof after forty years
17  Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar
21  Israel shall be restored

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 29:1 mean?

In year the tenth in the tenth [month] on the two [and] ten [day] of the month came the word of Yahweh to me saying
בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הָעֲשִׂירִ֔ית בָּעֲשִׂרִ֕י בִּשְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־ יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר

בַּשָּׁנָה֙  In  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הָעֲשִׂירִ֔ית  the  tenth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: עֲשִׂירִי  
Sense: ordinal number.
בָּעֲשִׂרִ֕י  in  the  tenth  [month] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: עֲשִׂירִי  
Sense: ordinal number.
בִּשְׁנֵ֥ים  on  the  two 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עָשָׂ֖ר  [and]  ten  [day] 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָיָ֥ה  came 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
דְבַר־  the  word 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
יְהוָ֖ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֵלַ֥י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
לֵאמֹֽר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.