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Ezekiel 20:1

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And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, [which] hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod [to be] a sceptre to rule. This [is] a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.	And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, [that] certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.	Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass in the seventh^H7637 year^H8141, in the fifth^H2549 month, the tenth^H6218 day of the month^H2320, that certain^H582 of the elders^H2205 of Israel^H3478 came^H935 to enquire^H1875 of the LORD^H3068, and sat^H3427 before^H6440 me.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי ׀ בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית בַּחֲמִשִׁי בֶּעָשֹׂור לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּאוּ אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה וַיֵּשְׁבוּ לְפָנָי׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֣י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
בַּ/שָּׁנָ֣ה	ba./sha.Nah	H8141	HRd/Ncfsa	in the/ year
הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗ית	ha./she.vi.'It	H7637	HTd/Aofsa	(the)/ seventh
בַּֽ/חֲמִשִׁי֙	ba./cha.mi.Shi	H2549	HRd/Aomsa	in the/ fifth (month)
בֶּ/עָשׂ֣וֹר	be./'a.Sor	H6218	HRd/Ncmsa	on the/ ten
לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁ	la./Cho.desh	H2320	HRd/Ncmsa	of the/ month
בָּ֧אוּ	Ba.'u	H935	HVqp3cp	they came
אֲנָשִׁ֛ים	'a.na.Shim	H376	HNcmpa	men
מִ/זִּקְנֵ֥י	mi./zik.Nei	H2205	HR/Aampc	from/ (the) elders of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לִ/דְרֹ֣שׁ	li/d.Rosh	H1875	HR/Vqc	to/ consult
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ	va/i.ye.she.Vu	H3427	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they sat down
לְ/פָנָֽ/י	le./fa.Na/i	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp1cs	(to)/ before/ me

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1875 — דָּרַשׁ (dârash, daw-rash'): a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship; ask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.
• H2205 — זָקֵן (zâqên, zaw-kane'): from זָקֵן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
• H2320 — חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, kho'-desh): from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
• H2549 — חֲמִישִׁי (chămîyshîy, kham-ee-shee'): or חֲמִשִּׁי; ordinal from חָמֵשׁ; fifth; also a fifth; fifth (part).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H6218 — עָשׂוֹר (ʻâsôwr, aw-sore'): or עָשֹׂר; from עֶשֶׂר; ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord; (instrument of) ten (strings, -th).
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); 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.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7637 — שְׁבִיעִי (shᵉbîyʻîy, sheb-ee-ee'): or שְׁבִעִי; ordinal from שִׁבְעִים; seventh; seventh (time).
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); 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); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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