ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהIn the first month,בָּרִאשׁוֹןon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁyou shall takeתִּקַּחa young bullפַּר בֶּן בָּקָרwithout defect,תָּמִיםand purifyוְחִטֵּאתָthe sanctuaryהַמִּקְדָּשׁfrom sin.חִטֵּאתָ
Ezekiel 45:18
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without defect, and purify the sanctuary from sin.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 45:18, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- In the first monthרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- on the first dayאֶחָדechad
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appears- of the monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- you shall takeתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- a young bullפַּרpar
bull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “par” appears- a young bullבֶּןben
young
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “ben” appears- a young bullבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- without defectתָּמִיםtamim
without defect
Without defect, whole.
Where else “tamim” appears- and purifyחִטֵּאתָchiteta
purify
To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.
Where else “chiteta” appears- the sanctuaryמִּקְדָּשׁmikdash
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdash” appears
The context
17And on the chief shall be the duty of the burnt offerings and the grain offering and the libation at the feasts and at the new moons and on the Sabbaths, at all the appointed times of the house of Israel; he shall offer the sin offering and the grain offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings, to make expiation for the house of Israel.
18 · This verse (above)
19And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorpost of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.