Ezekiel 20:1:9Ezek.20.1.W9TAB

מִזִּקְנֵ֥י

mizikne

from the elders of

Transliteration
mi-zik-NE
Extended
mih-zik-NEE
IPA
/ʔănaˈʃiːm/

Meaning by language

English
from the elders of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִ + זִּקְ + נֵ֥י
mi + zik + ne
mizikne

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Zayinz as in zero
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-zik-NE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT ba-kha-mi-SHI be-a-SOR la-KHO-desh ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT ba-kha-mi-SHI be-a-SOR la-KHO-desh ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-SHVU le-fa-NAI

Exegesis

The subject phrase anashim mi-ziknei yisra’el {אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾă-nā-šîm miz-zik-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘men from the elders of Israel’ introduces an infinitive of purpose li-drosh {לִדְרֹשׁ | li-droš} ‘to inquire,’ with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marking yehovah {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the LORD’ as the focus.

Root and etymology

z-q-nzayin–qof–nun

old, elder

In contextEzekiel 20:1

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 , and they sat before me .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 20:1, so the Hebrew word מִזִּקְנֵ֥י (mizikne) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.20.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.1.W9.S1) and character.