Ezekiel 40 — Rabbi

Ezekiel 40:1

בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים

ʻesrîym

in/with/by — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth וְחָמֵ֣שׁ

châmêsh

and — five שָׁנָ֣ה

shâneh

a year (as a revolution of time) לְ֠גָלוּתֵנוּ

gâlûwth

to/for — captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively) בְּרֹ֨אשׁ

rôʼsh

in/with/by — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) הַשָּׁנָ֜ה

shâneh

the — a year (as a revolution of time) בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר

ʻâsôwr

in/with/by — ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ

chôdesh

to/for — the new moon; by implication, a month בְּאַרְבַּ֤ע

ʼarbaʻ

in/with/by — four עֶשְׂרֵה֙

ʻâsâr

ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth שָׁנָ֔ה

shâneh

a year (as a revolution of time) אַחַ֕ר

ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) אֲשֶׁ֥ר

ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. הֻכְּתָ֖ה

nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) הָעִ֑יר

ʻîyr

the — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) בְּעֶ֣צֶם

ʻetsem

in/with/by — a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame הַיּ֣וֹם

yôwm

the — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) הַזֶּ֗ה

zeh

the — the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that הָיְתָ֤ה

hâyâh

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) עָלַי֙

ʻal

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications יַד

yâd

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] יְהוָ֔ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God וַיָּבֵ֥א

bôwʼ

and — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) אֹתִ֖י

ʼêth

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) שָֽׁמָּה

shâm

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

Ezekiel 40:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile [in Babylon], in the beginning of the year, on the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after

Structural Refrain

Word-for-word identical "the city was struck" (hukketah ha'ir) phrase, this vision dated exactly to the anniversary of the report that close…the city [of Jerusalem] was taken

Structural Refrain

Word-for-word identical "the city was struck" (hukketah ha'ir) phrase, this vision dated exactly to the anniversary of the report that close…, on that [very] same day the hand of the Lord was upon me

Structural Refrain

Word-for-word identical "the city was struck" (hukketah ha'ir) phrase, this vision dated exactly to the anniversary of the report that close… and He brought me there.

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The refugee's exact report, "the city has been defeated," sharing the identical "struck" (nakah) root - this vision comes precisely fourteen years after that news arrived.

Ezekiel 40:1 · WEB

In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me there.

Ezekiel 33:21 · WEB

In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been defeated!”

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“In the twenty-fifth year of our exile [in Babylon], in the beginning of the year, on the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city [of Jerusalem] was taken, on that [very] same day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there.”

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