Exodus 12:2

King James 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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King James 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 the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Exod 13:4 : 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
Exod 23:15 : 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread:(thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of 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, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Lev 23:5 : 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
Num 28:16 : 16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
Esth 3:7 : 7 In the first month, that 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, that is, the month Adar.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 12:1
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Num 1:1
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Num 9:1-5
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
4And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Exod 12:3
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1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
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16And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
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Num 28:11
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Exod 12:42
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