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This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. (KJV)
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הַחֹ֧דֶשׁha.Cho.deshthe month
Lemma: חֹ֫דֶשׁ (cho.desh) · Strong's: H2320G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: month
Used 256 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2320G; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 1
הַזֶּ֛הha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 2
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[will be the] beginning of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head: first
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Leviticus 6:5, Numbers 5:7, Numbers 10:10, Numbers 28:11, Judges 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218J; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 3
חֳדָשִׁ֑יםcho.da.Shimmonths
Lemma: חֹ֫דֶשׁ (cho.desh) · Strong's: H2320G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: month
Used 256 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2320G; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 4
רִאשׁ֥וֹןri.Shon[will be] first
Lemma: רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) · Strong's: H7223G
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical position · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAomsa)
Meaning: first
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 32:17, Genesis 33:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7223G; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 5
הוּא֙hu'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 6
לְחָדְשֵׁ֖יle.cha.de.Sheiof [the] months of
Lemma: חֹ֫דֶשׁ (cho.desh) · Strong's: H2320G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: month
Used 256 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2320G; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 7
הַשָּׁנָֽה\׃ha.sha.Nahthe year
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Exodus 12:2 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| This | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| month | → | חֹ֫דֶשׁ H2320G month |
| is the beginning | → | רֹאשׁ H7218J head: first |
| of months | → | חֹ֫דֶשׁ H2320G month |
| for you | → | |
| it [shall be] | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| the first | → | רִאשׁוֹן H7223G first |
| month | → | חֹ֫דֶשׁ H2320G month |
| of your | → | |
| year | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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