Study it in the app“And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, that men of the elders of Israel came to consult YHWH, and they sat before me.”
And it came to passוַיְהִיin the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִיתyear,בַּשָּׁנָהin the fifth month,בַּחֲמִשִׁיon the tenthבֶּעָשׂוֹרof the month,לַחֹדֶשׁthat menאֲנָשִׁיםof the eldersמִזִּקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcameבָּאוּto consultלִדְרֹשׁYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהand they satוַיֵּשְׁבוּbefore me.לְפָנָי
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsseventh
Seventh.
Where else “sheviit” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsfifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appearsten
The number ten, used to count the days of the month and everyday things.
Where else “asor” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsIsrael
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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearsconsult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appearsThe seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin is 591 BC.
1 · This verse (above)
2And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
