Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 20:1 Interlinear

year And it came to pass in the seventh in the fifth month the tenth day of the month came that certain of the elders of Israel to enquire of the LORD and sat before

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֣י׀H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2בַּשָּׁנָ֣הH8141yeara year (as a revolution of time)
3הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יתH7637And it came to pass in the seventhseventh
4בַּֽחֲמִשִׁי֙H2549in the fifthfifth; also a fifth
5בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרH6218month the tenthten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
6לַחֹ֔דֶשׁH2320day of the monththe new moon; by implication, a month
7בָּ֧אוּH935cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
8אֲנָשִׁ֛יםH582that certainproperly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
9מִזִּקְנֵ֥יH2205of the eldersold
10יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
11לִדְרֹ֣שׁH1875to enquireproperly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
12אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
13יְהוָ֑הH3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
14וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּH3427and satproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
15לְפָנָֽי׃H6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

Verse Context

Ezekiel 20:1 (current) year And it came to pass in the seventh in the fifth month the tenth day of the month came that certain of the elders of Israel to enquire of the LORD and sat before
Ezekiel 20:2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me saying...

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