The Meaning of Ezekiel 30:20 Explained

Ezekiel 30:20

KJV: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh 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 first month, in the seventh of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying: 'Son of man,

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

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

What does Ezekiel 30:20 Mean?

Study Notes

first month
i.e. April.

Verse Meaning

Ezekiel received this oracle against Egypt on April, 29 , 587 B.C, less than four months after the Lord gave him the first oracle ( Ezekiel 29:1-16). [1]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 30

1  The desolation of Egypt and her helpers
20  The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 30:20 mean?

And it came to pass in one [and] ten the year in the first [month] on [day] seven of the month [that] came the word of Yahweh to me saying
וַיְהִ֗י בְּאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה בָּֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן בְּשִׁבְעָ֣ה 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.
בָּֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן  in  the  first  [month] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
בְּשִׁבְעָ֣ה  on  [day]  seven 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal 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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