Chebar canal

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The Chebar canal is an ancient waterway in Babylonia traditionally identified as the place where the prophet Ezekiel received his visions during the Jewish exile.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kebar Canal 1
Royal Canal of Nebuchadnezzar II 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient waterway
biblical location
appearsInChapter Ezekiel 1
Ezekiel 10
Book of Ezekiel
surface form: Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 43
associatedCity Babylon
surface form: Babylon (alternative proposal)

Nippur
surface form: Nippur (traditional scholarly proposal)
associatedWithEvent Babylonian exile
surface form: Babylonian exile of the Jews
associatedWithPeople Judean exiles
associatedWithPerson Ezekiel
describedAs place where the prophet Ezekiel received visions
functionInAntiquity irrigation canal
transportation waterway
historicalContext Neo-Babylonian Empire
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia

Mesopotamia
mentionedIn Book of Ezekiel
possibleModernCorrelation Chebar canal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kebar Canal

Chebar canal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Royal Canal of Nebuchadnezzar II

Damietta branch of the Nile
surface form: Shatt en-Nil
religiousTextContext Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
religiousTradition Judaism
scripturalStatus canonical in Jewish and Christian traditions
textualRole setting for prophetic visions
theologicalSignificance symbol of God’s presence in exile
timePeriod 6th century BCE (approximate, during exile)
traditionalIdentification location of Ezekiel’s inaugural vision

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Chebar canal possibleModernCorrelation Chebar canal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kebar Canal
Chebar canal possibleModernCorrelation Chebar canal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Royal Canal of Nebuchadnezzar II