What Does Ezekiel 6:1 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
Hebrew davar can mean both a spoken word and a matter, so the LORD’s word arrives as speech already carrying reality.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s word reaches you as an event and opens into speech. The verse holds arrival and utterance together: what comes to you is not only content to consider, but a matter that takes voice.
THE ROOT
דָּבָר
dābār
GROWS FROM
דבר
To speak; a word, matter, or thing.
The Hebrew noun can name what is spoken and the matter itself. English “word” foregrounds speech, while davar also carries the sense of something being put before you as a real matter.
ALSO GROWS
dibbēr: He spoke; addressed.
דִּבֵּר
This verb shows the speaking action within the same word-family as davar, the word that arrives here.
dĕvārîm: Words; matters or things.
דְּבָרִים
The plural preserves both uttered words and matters under discussion, a breadth the English word “word” can conceal.
THE PATTERN
The LORD’s word reaches a person and opens a path into speech and action.
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
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.The same Hebrew davar appears here as the word by which the heavens are made. In Ezekiel, davar arrives to speak; in the psalm, it is speech through which reality takes shape.
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