What Does Ezekiel 32:17 Mean in the King James?
It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that 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
In Hebrew, the same verb underlies both “It came to pass” and “the word ... came,” so the word’s arrival is itself what happens in that moment.
THE MEANING
This verse meets you in a particular moment, where the word of the LORD comes to you and speaks. Hebrew repeats one verb for the moment coming to pass and the word coming, binding address to the life unfolding now. The date gives the encounter a precise place in your life.
THE ROOT
וַיְהִי
wayehi
GROWS FROM
ה־י־ה
h-y-h
To be, become, happen.
“came to pass / came” in this verse is wayehi. Hebrew repeats wayehi in both clauses: one occurrence is rendered “It came to pass,” the other “came.” English varies the wording, while Hebrew makes the word’s arrival echo as part of the event itself.
ALSO GROWS
hayah: To be, become, happen.
הָיָה
This verb’s range holds existence and occurrence together, the sense heard in both English phrases here.
wayehi: And it was; and it happened.
וַיְהִי
This form appears twice in the verse, linking the dated moment to the word’s arrival.
דְּבַר
devar
GROWS FROM
ד־ב־ר
d-b-r
The verb means “speak”; the noun can mean “word,” “matter,” or “thing.”
English “word” can sound like language alone, but davar can also name the matter at hand. The word that arrives is speech with substance, entering a specific moment.
ALSO GROWS
davar: Word, matter, thing.
דָּבָר
The noun’s range joins what is spoken with the matter it brings into view.
dibber: He spoke; to speak.
דִּבֵּר
This verbal form shows that the word belongs to an act of speaking, not just a phrase on a page.
THE PATTERN
Divine address enters a particular human moment and unfolds as 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.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.THE THREAD
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 binds the same roots: hayah, “become” or “happen,” and davar, “word” or “matter.” Its first spoken words, “Fear not,” show an arriving word becoming a concrete message for the person it reaches.
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