Study it in the app“For on the first day of the first month was the beginning of the going up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his Elohim upon him.”
Forכִּיon the first dayבְּאֶחָדof the firstלַ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonthחֹדֶשׁwasהוּאthe beginningיְסֻדof the going upהַמַּעֲלָהfrom Babylon,מִבָּבֶלand on the first dayוּבְאֶחָדof the fifthלַ הַחֲמִישִׁיmonthחֹדֶשׁhe cameבָּאtoאֶלJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםaccording to the goodכְּ הַטּוֹבָהhandיַדof his Elohimאֱלֹהָיוupon him.עָלָיו
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsbeginning, foundation
Beginning; literally "foundation", the moment when the base of something is laid.
Where else “yesud” appearsascent
"Song of ascents", the title of psalms sung on the way up to Jerusalem.
Where else “maala” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsfifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appears1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month; it was the seventh year of the king.
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10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of YHWH and to do it, and to teach in Israel statute and rule.
