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And menוַ אֲנָשִׁיםof the eldersמִזִּקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcameיָּבוֹאto meאֵלַיand satוַיֵּשְׁבוּbefore me.לְפָנָי
Ezekiel 14:1
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Ezekiel 14:1, word by word
- And menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- of the eldersזִּקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- cameיָּבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and satיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- before meפָנָfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,