Ezekiel 1:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָיֹ֣ה הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְ֠הוָה אֶל־יְחֶזְקֵ֨אל בֶּן־בּוּזִ֧י הַכֹּהֵ֛ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים עַל־נְהַר־כְּבָ֑ר וַתְּהִ֥י עָלָ֛יו שָׁ֖ם יַד־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

hāyō hāyâ dəbar-YHWH unto-yəḥezqēʾl ben-bûzî ha-kōhēn bə-ʾereṣ kaśdîm upon-river-of-kəbār wa-təhî upon-him there yad-YHWH

Grammar Details

• *hāyō hāyâ*: infinitive absolute + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - surely came/definitely came [emphatic construction]
• *dəbar-YHWH*: masculine singular construct + divine name - word of YHWH/the LORD
• *yəḥezqēʾl*: proper noun - Ezekiel
• *ben-bûzî*: masculine singular construct + proper noun - son of Buzi
• *ha-kōhēn*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the priest
• *bə-ʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular construct - in the land of
• *kaśdîm*: proper noun plural - Chaldeans
• *kəbār*: proper noun - [river] Chebar
• *wa-təhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and it came/was
• *yad-YHWH*: feminine singular construct + divine name - hand of YHWH/the LORD

Word Meanings

• *hāyō hāyâ*: surely came/certainly came/absolutely came [emphatic form]
• *yad-YHWH*: hand of the LORD [idiom for divine power/inspiration/prophetic enablement]

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 3:15 : 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
• Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
• Ezek 3:22 : 22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
• 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
• Ezek 8:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
• Ezek 33:22 : 22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
• Ezek 37:1 : 1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which 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 the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
• Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
• Joel 1:1 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
• 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• Jer 1:2 : 2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
• Jer 1:4 : 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
• Ezek 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.