Study it in the app“And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst, were standing before them, and each with his censer in his hand; and the dense smoke of the cloud of the incense was rising.”
And seventyוְשִׁבְעִיםmenאִישׁof the eldersמִזִּקְנֵיof the houseבֵיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwith Jaazaniahוְיַאֲזַנְיָהוּsonבֶןof Shaphanשָׁפָןstandingעֹמֵדin their midst,בְּתוֹכָםwere standingעֹמְדִיםbefore them,לִפְנֵיהֶםand eachוְאִישׁwith his censerמִקְטַרְתּוֹin his hand;בְּיָדוֹand the dense smokeוַעֲתַרof the cloudעֲנַןof the incenseהַקְּטֹרֶתwas rising.עֹלֶה
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” 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” appearsJaazaniah
Jaazaniah. A personal name meaning "YHWH hears." In 2 Kings 25:23 he is one of the commanders of the forces who came to Gedaliah, son of a Maacathite. Other men also bear it (Jeremiah 35:3; Ezekiel 8:11; 11:1).
Where else “yaazanyahu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsShaphan
Shaphan, a man's name, like Josiah's scribe.
Where else “shafan” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearscenser
Censer: a vessel with coals in which incense is burned.
Where else “miktart” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsdense smoke
The thick cloud of rising incense.
Where else “atar” appearscloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appearsincense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketoret” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “ole” appears10And I went in and looked, and look, every form of creeping thing and of detestable beast, and all the idols of the house of Israel, carved on the wall all around, all around.
11 · This verse (above)
12And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his chambers of figures? For they are saying, ‘YHWH does not see us; YHWH has forsaken the land.’”
