Ezekiel 24:1

וַיְהִי֩ דְבַר־יְהוָ֨ה אֵלַ֜י בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה הַתְּשִׁיעִית֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י בֶּעָשֹׂ֥ור לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ לֵאמֹֽר׃

And the word of YHWH came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,

Morphology

1. וַיְהִי (va-yehi) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (narrative past) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it came to pass”; Notes: A common narrative formula introducing prophetic revelation or events.
2. דְבַר־יְהוָה (devar-YHWH) – Root: דבר (davar); Form: Construct noun masculine singular + proper divine name; Translation: “the word of YHWH”; Notes: Standard prophetic expression denoting divine communication.
3. אֵלַי (elai) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition אֶל + first person singular pronominal suffix; Translation: “to me”; Notes: Marks the prophet as the recipient of YHWH’s word.
4. בַּשָּׁנָה (ba-shanah) – Root: שׁנה (shanah); Form: Preposition בְּ + definite noun feminine singular; Translation: “in the year”; Notes: Introduces the chronological setting.
5. הַתְּשִׁיעִית (ha-teshiʿit) – Root: תשע (teshaʿ); Form: Definite ordinal adjective feminine singular; Translation: “the ninth”; Notes: Ordinal agreeing in gender with “year.”
6. בַּחֹדֶשׁ (ba-ḥodesh) – Root: חדשׁ (ḥodesh); Form: Preposition בְּ + definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “in the month”; Notes: Refers to a specific month in the prophetic chronology.
7. הָעֲשִׂירִי (ha-ʿasiri) – Root: עשׂר (ʿasar); Form: Definite ordinal adjective masculine singular; Translation: “the tenth”; Notes: Ordinal agreeing with “month.”
8. בֶּעָשֹׂור (be-ʿasor) – Root: עשׂר (ʿasar); Form: Preposition בְּ + masculine noun in absolute form; Translation: “on the tenth”; Notes: Refers specifically to the day of the month.
9. לַחֹדֶשׁ (la-ḥodesh) – Root: חדשׁ (ḥodesh); Form: Preposition לְ + definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “of the month”; Notes: Specifies the day as belonging to the month mentioned before.
10. לֵאמֹר (leʾemor) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Infinitive construct with לְ; Translation: “saying”; Notes: A formula introducing direct speech in prophetic narratives.