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“Thisהַזֶּהmonthהַחֹדֶשׁshall be for youלָכֶםthe beginningרֹאשׁof months;חֳדָשִׁיםitהוּאshall be the firstרִאשׁוֹןfor youלָכֶםof the monthsלְחָדְשֵׁיof the year.הַשָּׁנָה
Exodus 12:2
Study it in the app““This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first for you of the months of the year.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:2, word by word
- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- the beginningרֹאשׁrosh
beginning
Literally "the head": the first moment of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- shall be the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- of the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
1YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt:
2 · This verse (above)
3Speak to all the community of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month they shall take for themselves, each man, a lamb for each father’s house, a lamb for each household.