Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1:1–2

¹In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.^a

²On the fifth day of the month— it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

Footnotes

a 1:1 Or from God

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Ezekiel 1:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In the thirtieth	בִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים	biš·lō·šîm	Preposition-b; Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
year	שָׁנָ֗ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
on the fifth	בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה	ba·ḥă·miš·šāh	Preposition-b, Article; Number - masculine singular	H2568 five
day	לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ	la·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
of the fourth month	בָּֽרְבִיעִי֙	bā·rə·ḇî·‘î	Preposition-b, Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7243 fourth
while I	וַאֲנִ֥י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
was among	בְתֽוֹךְ־	ḇə·ṯō·wḵ-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
the exiles	הַגּוֹלָ֖ה	hag·gō·w·lāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1473 exiles, exile
by	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the River	נְהַר־	nə·har-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5104 stream, river
Kebar	כְּבָ֑ר	kə·ḇār	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3529 Kebar
the heavens	הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
opened	נִפְתְּחוּ֙	nip̄·tə·ḥū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6605 open
and I saw	וָאֶרְאֶ֖ה	wā·’er·’eh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
visions	מַרְא֥וֹת	mar·’ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4759 vision
of God	אֱלֹהִֽים׃	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God

Ezekiel 1:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
On the fifth	בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה	ba·ḥă·miš·šāh	Preposition-b, Article; Number - masculine singular	H2568 five
day of the month	לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ	la·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
it	הִ֚יא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
was the fifth	הַחֲמִישִׁ֔ית	ha·ḥă·mî·šîṯ	Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular	H2549 fifth
year	הַשָּׁנָ֣ה	haš·šā·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
of the exile	לְגָל֖וּת	lə·ḡā·lūṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H1546 exile
of King	הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Jehoiachin	יוֹיָכִֽין׃	yō·w·yā·ḵîn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3112 Jojakin

Cross-references

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Ezekiel 1:1 Acts 7:56 · Ezekiel 11:24 · Matthew 3:16 · Revelation 19:11 · Revelation 4:1 · Luke 3:21 · Acts 10:11 · Ezekiel 10:20 · Ezekiel 10:15 · Daniel 8:1–2 · John 1:51 · Ezekiel 1:3

Ezekiel 1:2 2 Kings 24:12–15 · Ezekiel 8:1 · Ezekiel 40:1 · Ezekiel 20:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.