The Meaning of Ezekiel 24:1 Explained

Ezekiel 24:1

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

YLT: And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, saying,

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ezekiel 24:1 Mean?

Study Notes

tenth month
i.e. January.

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 24

1  Under the parable of a boiling pot
6  is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem
15  By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife
19  is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 24:1 mean?

And Again came the word of Yahweh to me in year the ninth in month the tenth on the tenth [day] of the month saying
וַיְהִי֩ דְבַר־ יְהוָ֨ה אֵלַ֜י בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה הַתְּשִׁיעִית֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י בֶּעָשׂ֥וֹר לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ לֵאמֹֽר

וַיְהִי֩  And  Again  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, 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.
יְהוָ֨ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֵלַ֜י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה  in  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הַתְּשִׁיעִית֙  the  ninth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: תְּשִׁיעִי  
Sense: ninth (as ordinal number).
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ  in  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י  the  tenth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: עֲשִׂירִי  
Sense: ordinal number.
בֶּעָשׂ֥וֹר  on  the  tenth  [day] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָשֹׂור  
Sense: ten, decade.
לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
לֵאמֹֽר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.