The Meaning of Ezekiel 31:1 Explained

Ezekiel 31:1

KJV: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

YLT: And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:

Darby: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

ASV: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month , in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass in the eleventh  year,  in the third  [month], in the first  [day] of the month,  [that] the word  of the LORD  came unto me, saying, 

What does Ezekiel 31:1 Mean?

Study Notes

third month
i.e. June.

Verse Meaning

The Lord gave Ezekiel a third oracle against Egypt on June21 , 587 B.C, less than two months after the previous one ( Ezekiel 30:20-26). [1]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 31

1  A relation unto Pharaoh
3  of the glory of Assyria
10  and the fall thereof for pride
18  The like destruction of Egypt

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 31:1 mean?

And it came to pass in one [and] ten the year in the third [month] on the first [day] of the month [that] came the word of Yahweh to me saying
וַיְהִ֗י בְּאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁ֖י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־ יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר

וַיְהִ֗י  And  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּאַחַ֤ת  in  one 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
עֶשְׂרֵה֙  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
שָׁנָ֔ה  the  year 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
בַּשְּׁלִישִׁ֖י  in  the  third  [month] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁלִישִׁי 
Sense: third, one third, third part, third time.
בְּאֶחָ֣ד  on  the  first  [day] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָיָ֥ה  [that]  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.

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