Exodus 12:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַחֹ֧דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם רֹ֣אשׁ חֳדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁ֥וֹן הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם לְחָדְשֵׁ֖י הַשָּׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

ha-ḥōdeš ha-zeh lākem rōʾš ḥŏdāšîm rīʾšôn hûʾ lākem lə-ḥādšê ha-šānâ

Grammar Details

*ha-ḥōdeš*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the month
*ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to/for you (plural)
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular construct - head/beginning of
*ḥŏdāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - months
*rīʾšôn*: adjective, masculine singular - first
*hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he/it
*lə-ḥādšê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - for months of
*ha-šānâ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the year

Word Meanings

*ḥōdeš*: month/new moon
*rōʾš*: head/beginning/first/chief
*rīʾšôn*: first/primary/chief

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 16:1 : 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Exod 13:4 : 4 This day ye go forth in the month Abib.
Exod 23:15 : 15 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
Exod 34:18 : 18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Lev 23:5 : 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah's passover.
Num 28:16 : 16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Jehovah's passover.
Esth 3:7 : 7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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