King James Version
Ezekiel 31:1 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD c...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,”
Ezekiel 31:1 · KJV
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. with fair branches: Heb. fair of branches
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it came to pass in the eleventh”
H259properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
“in the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
“And it came to pass in the eleventh”
H259properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“that the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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