Ezekiel 31:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י בְּאַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁ֖י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר

Transliteration

And wa-yəhî in ʾaḥat ʿeśrēh šānāh in the šəlîšî in ʾeḥād to the ḥōdeš hāyāh dəḇar-YHWH to me lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
• *ʾaḥat ʿeśrēh*: cardinal number, feminine construct - eleventh
• *šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
• *šəlîšî*: ordinal number with definite article - the third [month]
• *ʾeḥād*: cardinal number, masculine singular - first/one
• *ḥōdeš*: noun, masculine singular with directional prefix - to the month
• *hāyāh*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was/became/happened
• *dəḇar-YHWH*: construct chain - word of YHWH/Yahweh
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying

Word Meanings

• *wa-yəhî*: and it happened/came to pass/was
• *dəḇar-YHWH*: word of YHWH/message of Yahweh/command of the LORD
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say/speaking

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Morouer, it happened in the xi. yeare ye first daye of the thirde Moneth, that the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Moreouer, in the eleuenth yere, the first day of ye third moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month], 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 third `month', in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A Cedar in Lebanon In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 30:20 : 20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
• Jer 52:5-6 : 5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day, the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no more food for the people of the land.
• Ezek 1:2 : 2 On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—