and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)בִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
shᵉlôwshîym
in/with/by — thirty; or (ordinal) thirtiethשָׁנָ֗ה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)בָּֽרְבִיעִי֙
rᵉbîyʻîy
in/with/by — fourth; also (fractionally) a fourthבַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה
châmêsh
in/with/by — fiveלַחֹ֔דֶשׁ
chôdesh
to/for — the new moon; by implication, a monthוַאֲנִ֥י
ʼănîy
and — Iבְתֽוֹךְ
tâvek
in/with/by — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreהַגּוֹלָ֖ה
gôwlâh
the — exile; concretely and collectively exilesעַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsנְהַר
nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityכְּבָ֑ר
Kᵉbâr
Kebar, a river of Mesopotamiaנִפְתְּחוּ֙
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
shâmayim
the — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)וָאֶרְאֶ֖ה
râʼâh
and — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)מַרְא֥וֹת
marʼâh
a vision; also (causatively) a mirrorאֱלֹהִֽים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
Ezekiel 1:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now it came about [when I was] in my
Narrator's Aside
Ezekiel's 30th birthday, the exact year he would have been installed as a priest in Jerusalem - instead becoming a prophet among exiles besi…thirtieth year
Narrator's Aside
Ezekiel's 30th birthday, the exact year he would have been installed as a priest in Jerusalem - instead becoming a prophet among exiles besi… [of life],
Narrator's Aside
Ezekiel's 30th birthday, the exact year he would have been installed as a priest in Jerusalem - instead becoming a prophet among exiles besi… on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles beside the River Chebar [in Babylonia], the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
This opening vision sets up the book's central question: what is God's glory doing in Babylon, when it belongs above the ark in Jerusalem's own temple?
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Now it came about [when I was] in my thirtieth year [of life], on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles beside the River Chebar [in Babylonia], the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.”
This opening vision sets up the book's central question: what is God's glory doing in Babylon, when it belongs above the ark in Jerusalem's own temple?