Ezekiel 26:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֛י בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And wayehî in 'ashtê-'esrê shānâ in 'echād to the chōdesh, hāyâ debar-YHWH unto me lē'mōr:

Grammar Details

• *wayehî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
• *'ashtê-'esrê*: cardinal number - eleven
• *shānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
• *'echād*: cardinal number - first/one
• *chōdesh*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the month
• *hāyâ*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - was/happened
• *debar-YHWH*: construct chain - word of YHWH/the LORD
• *lē'mōr*: preposition + infinitive construct - to say/saying

Word Meanings

• *wayehî*: and it happened/came to pass/came about
• *debar-YHWH*: word of YHWH/message of the LORD/utterance of YHWH
• *lē'mōr*: saying/to say/speaking

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  It happened, that in the xi. yeare, the first daye off the Moneth, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in the eleuenth yeere, in the first day of the moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And it came to passe in the eleuenth yere, the first day of the moneth, the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the first of the month, there hath been a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: `Son of man,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A Prophecy Against Tyre In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 20:1 : 1 In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some men from the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat before me.
• Jer 39:2 : 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the fourth month, the city’s walls were breached.
• Ezek 1:2 : 2 On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
• Ezek 8:1 : 1 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me. There the hand of the Lord Yahweh came upon me.