| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 20:1:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֣יvayehiand it happened Ezekiel 20:1:2 ⧉בַּשָּׁנָ֣הbashanain the year Ezekiel 20:1:3 ⧉הַשְּׁבִעִ֗יתhasheviitthe seventh Ezekiel 20:1:4 ⧉בַּחֲמִשִׁי֙bakhamishiin the fifth Ezekiel 20:1:5 ⧉בֶּעָשֹׂ֣ורbeasoron the tenth Ezekiel 20:1:6 ⧉לַחֹ֔דֶשׁlakhodeshof the month Ezekiel 20:1:7 ⧉בָּֽאוּbauthey came Ezekiel 20:1:8 ⧉אֲנָשִׁ֣יםanashimmen Ezekiel 20:1:9 ⧉מִזִּקְנֵ֥יmiziknefrom the elders of Ezekiel 20:1:10 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsrael Ezekiel 20:1:11 ⧉לִדְרֹ֣שׁlideroshto inquire Ezekiel 20:1:12 ⧉אֶת־יְהוָ֑הetyahwehthe LORD Ezekiel 20:1:13 ⧉וַיֵּֽשְׁב֖וּvayeshvuand they sat Ezekiel 20:1:14 ⧉לְפָנָֽי׃סlefanaibefore me |
| 1. Formal Translation And it happened in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that men from the elders of Israel came to seek the LORD {Yahweh, Covenant Judge}, and they sat before me. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, some of the leaders of Israel came to ask the LORD {Yahweh, Divine Authority}, and they sat in front of me. |