Ezekiel 33:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיַד־יְהוָה֩ הָיְתָ֨ה אֵלַ֜י בָּעֶ֗רֶב לִפְנֵי֙ בּ֣וֹא הַפָּלִ֔יט וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח אֶת־פִּ֔י עַד־בּ֥וֹא אֵלַ֖י בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיִּפָּ֣תַח פִּ֔י וְלֹ֥א נֶאֱלַ֖מְתִּי עֽוֹד׃ פ

Transliteration

And-yad-YHWH hāyətâ to-me in-the-ʿereb before bôʾ the-pālîṭ; wayyiptach ʾet-my-peh until-bôʾ to-me in-the-bōqer; wayyippātach my-peh and-not neʾĕlamtî again.

Grammar Details

*yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*hāyətâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - she was
*ʿereb*: noun, masculine singular - evening
*bôʾ*: qal infinitive construct - coming
*pālîṭ*: noun, masculine singular - fugitive/escapee
*wayyiptach*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - and he opened
*peh*: noun, masculine singular - mouth
*bōqer*: noun, masculine singular - morning
*wayyippātach*: conjunction + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - and was opened
*neʾĕlamtî*: niphal perfect 1st common singular - I was mute/silent

Word Meanings

*yad*: hand/power/strength/authority
*ʿereb*: evening/sunset/dusk
*pālîṭ*: fugitive/escapee/refugee/survivor
*peh*: mouth/speech/words
*bōqer*: morning/dawn
*neʾĕlamtî*: I was mute/I was silent/I was speechless

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 1:3 : 3 the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.
Ezek 3:26-27 : 26 and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezek 24:26-27 : 26 that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: so shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 37:1 : 1 The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
Ezek 40:1 : 1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day, the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.
Luke 1:64 : 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue [loosed], and he spake, blessing God.
Ezek 3:22 : 22 And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

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