and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה
shâneh
in/with/by — a year (as a revolution of time)הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ית
shᵉbîyʻîy
the — seventhבַּֽחֲמִשִׁי֙
chămîyshîy
in/with/by — fifth; also a fifthבֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר
ʻâsôwr
in/with/by — ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachordלַחֹ֔דֶשׁ
chôdesh
to/for — the new moon; by implication, a monthבָּ֧אוּ
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)אֲנָשִׁ֛ים
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)מִזִּקְנֵ֥י
zâqên
from — oldיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityלִדְרֹ֣שׁ
dârash
to/for — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worshipאֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)יְהוָ֑ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of Godוַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ
yâshab
and — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marryלְפָנָֽי
pânîym
to/for — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Ezekiel 20:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month [after the beginning of the exile in Babylon], certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord and sat down before me. [Jer 25:11; 29:10]
Ezekiel refuses to answer the elders' inquiry directly, instead retelling their whole national history as three rounds of the same rebellion, restrained only by God's own reputation.
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“In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month [after the beginning of the exile in Babylon], certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord and sat down before me. [Jer 25:11; 29:10]”
Ezekiel refuses to answer the elders' inquiry directly, instead retelling their whole national history as three rounds of the same rebellion, restrained only by God's own reputation.