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On the fifth dayבַּחֲמִשָּׁהof the monthלַחֹדֶשׁ—it wasהִיאthe fifthהַחֲמִישִׁיתyearהַשָּׁנָהof the exileלְגָלוּתof KingהַמֶּלֶךְJehoiachin—יוֹיָכִין
Ezekiel 1:2
Study it in the app“On the fifth day of the month —it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 1:2, word by word
- On the fifth dayחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- of the monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- the fifthחֲמִישִׁיתchamishit
fifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishit” appears- yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- of the exileגָלוּתgalut
exile
Living forced away from your land.
Where else “galut” appears- of Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Jehoiachin—יוֹיָכִיןyoyachin
Jehoiachin
Jehoiachin: king of Judah taken into exile to Babylon (597 BC).
Where else “yoyachin” appears
Translation note
The fifth year of the exile of Jehoiachin is 593 BC.
The context
1And it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of Elohim.
2 · This verse (above)
3the word of YHWH indeed came to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of YHWH came upon him there.