Chebar canal
E81800
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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kebar Canal
this entity surface form:
Royal Canal of Nebuchadnezzar II