What Does Ezekiel 15:1 Mean in the King James?

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 15:1 · KJV

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 LORD’s word is presented as a happening before the verse opens what it says.

THE MEANING

The LORD’s word reaches you as an event that opens into speech. Before its message is given, its arrival is already a moment of becoming.

THE ROOT

וַיְהִי

wayhi

GROWS FROM

היה

To be, become, or happen.

The Hebrew verb translated “came” is a form of hayah, “to be” or “to happen.” The word is not described only as traveling to Ezekiel; its arrival is framed as something coming to be.

ALSO GROWS

hayah: Be, become, happen.

הָיָה

This is the root verb behind the verse’s “came,” giving the arrival the sense of an event taking place.

ehyeh: I am; I will be.

אֶהְיֶה

This form of the same root appears in God’s self-declaration to Moses, linking the word’s arrival with the language of being.

דְּבַר

devar

GROWS FROM

דבר

To speak or utter; the related noun can mean a word, matter, or affair.

Davar can name both what is spoken and the matter itself. The verse’s “word” carries the sense of an utterance that is already a happening, not merely a string of information.

ALSO GROWS

davar: Word, matter, or affair.

דָּבָר

This noun makes the connection between spoken words and the matter they bring into focus.

dibber: He spoke or uttered.

דִּבֵּר

This verb from the same root shows the word as speech opening into what is said next.

THE PATTERN

The LORD’s word arrives as a happening that opens speech.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:1 · KJVThe word’s arrival becomes a spoken assurance, moving from its coming into what it says.

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Jeremiah 1:4 · KJVAs in Ezekiel, the word’s arrival is the threshold of speech.

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Luke 3:2 · KJVThe same pattern appears in the New Testament: the word comes as an event within a person’s present life.

THE THREAD

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Exodus 3:14 · KJV

The root of “came,” ⁨היה⁩ (hayah), also appears in ⁨אֶהְיֶה⁩ (ehyeh), “I AM” or “I will be.” Ezekiel’s word arrives in the language of becoming; here, the same root speaks as God’s own declaration of being.

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