What Does Ezekiel 12:21 Mean in the King James?
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word for “word” can also mean “matter” or “thing,” joining the speech that arrives with the reality it carries.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s word reaches you as an address before it gives its content. The verse holds a moment of receiving: the word arrives, and then it speaks.
THE ROOT
דָּבָר
davar
GROWS FROM
דבר
d-b-r
To speak or declare; as a noun, a word, matter, or thing.
Davar can name both spoken words and the matter or thing being spoken of. Here, “the word ... came” carries a quiet doubleness: speech arrives with the matter it bears.
ALSO GROWS
dibber: He spoke.
דִּבֶּר
The same root names the act of speaking, so the arriving word is an utterance, not merely an idea.
devarim: Words, matters, or things.
דְּבָרִים
This plural form preserves the link between what is said and the matter it concerns.
THE PATTERN
The word of God is active speech: it reaches people and brings realities into being.
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.THE THREAD
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.The same Hebrew root appears in “I will speak” and “the word”: both carry the consonants דבר. The speech that arrives is joined to the matter that comes to pass.
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