What Does Ezekiel 46:6 Mean in the King James?
And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew names the new moon with the root of renewal and calls each animal whole, so the month begins with renewal embodied as wholeness.
THE MEANING
The month’s turning is marked by a young bull, six lambs, and a ram, all without blemish. The verse holds newness beside wholeness: the beginning takes visible form in what is brought forward intact.
THE ROOT
הַחֹדֶשׁ
ha-chodesh
GROWS FROM
חדש
newness; to renew or make new
Chodesh, the word rendered “new moon,” shares its root with words for “new” and “renew.” The Hebrew therefore carries the language of renewal within the name of the month’s turning.
ALSO GROWS
chadash: new, fresh
חָדָשׁ
This adjective shares the root of chodesh, linking the month’s turning with newness.
chiddesh: renew, make new
חִדֵּשׁ
This verb makes the root’s renewing sense explicit, as in the prayer for God to renew a right spirit.
תָּמִים
tamim
GROWS FROM
תמם
to be complete, whole, or sound
“without blemish” in this verse is tamim. Tamim describes an animal with no blemish, and the root also carries the sense of completeness and integrity. The offering remains a concrete animal offering, while its description speaks of wholeness.
ALSO GROWS
tam: whole, blameless
תָּם
This related form shows how the language of being without blemish also carries the sense of being whole.
tom: integrity, completeness
תֹּם
This noun extends the same root’s sense of wholeness into the idea of integrity.
tamam: be complete, come to completion
תָּמַם
The verb makes explicit the root’s movement toward completeness.
THE PATTERN
A renewed beginning becomes visible in what is brought forward before God.
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.THE THREAD
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.The word for “renew” (chiddesh) shares the root חדש with chodesh, “new moon.” The month’s new beginning and the renewal sought within the heart carry the same seed of newness.
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