Ezekiel 31:3 Go deeper
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Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. (KJV)
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הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehthere!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 1
אַשּׁ֜וּר'a.ShurAssyria
Lemma: אַשּׁוּר (ash.shur) · Strong's: H0804G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Assyria
Used 149 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 25:18, Numbers 24:22, Numbers 24:24, 2 Kings 15:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0804G; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 2
אֶ֣רֶז'E.rez[was] a cedar
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶז (e.rez) · Strong's: H0730
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cedar
Used 73 times. Also: Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52, Numbers 19:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0730; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 3
בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןba.le.va.Nonin <the> Lebanon
Lemma: לְבָנוֹן (le.va.non) · Strong's: H3844G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Lebanon
Used 63 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 3:25, Deuteronomy 11:24, Joshua 1:4, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3844G; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 4
יְפֵ֥הye.Pehbeautiful of
Lemma: יָפֶה (ya.pheh) · Strong's: H3303
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAamsc)
Meaning: beautiful
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3303; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 5
עָנָ֛ף'a.Nafbranch[es]
Lemma: עָנָף (a.naph) · Strong's: H6057
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: branch
Used 7 times. Also: Leviticus 23:40, Psalms 80:10, Ezekiel 17:8, Ezekiel 17:23, Ezekiel 36:8, Malachi 4:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6057; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 6
וְחֹ֥רֶשׁve.Cho.reshand forest
Lemma: חֹ֫רֶשׁ (cho.resh) · Strong's: H2793H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wood
Used 3 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 27:4, Isaiah 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2793H; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 7
מֵצַ֖לme.Tzalgiving shade
Lemma: צָלַל (tsa.lal) · Strong's: H6751
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to shade
Used 2 times. Also: Nehemiah 13:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6751; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 8
וּגְבַ֣הּu.ge.Vahand tall of
Lemma: גָּבֹהַּ (ga.vo.ah) · Strong's: H1364
Parsing: Aamsc (Aamsc)
Meaning: high
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Deuteronomy 3:5, Deuteronomy 28:52, 1 Samuel 2:3, 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 16:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1364; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 9
קוֹמָ֑הko.Mahheight
Lemma: קוֹמָה (qo.mah) · Strong's: H6967
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: height
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 27:1, Exodus 27:18, Exodus 30:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6967; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 10
וּבֵ֣יןu.Veinand between
Lemma: בַּ֫יִן (ba.yin) · Strong's: H0996H
Parsing: Acmsc (Acmsc)
Meaning: between: among
Used 26 times. Also: Judges 5:16, 1 Samuel 14:4, Esther 3:8, Job 24:11, Job 34:4, Job 41:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0996H; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 11
עֲבֹתִ֔ים'a.vo.Timbranches
Lemma: עֲבֹת (a.vot) · Strong's: H5688
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cord
Used 24 times. Also: Exodus 28:14, Exodus 28:22, Exodus 28:24, Exodus 28:25, Exodus 39:15, Exodus 39:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5688; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 12
הָיְתָ֖הha.ye.Tahit was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 13
צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ\׃tza.mar.Totreetop its
Lemma: צַמֶּ֫רֶת (tsam.me.ret) · Strong's: H6788
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: treetop
Used 5 times. Also: Ezekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 17:22, Ezekiel 31:10, Ezekiel 31:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6788; TAHOT Ezekiel 31:3 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Look at | → | הִנֵּה H2009 behold |
| Assyria | → | אַשּׁוּר H0804G Assyria |
| a cedar | → | אֶ֫רֶז H0730 cedar |
| in Lebanon | → | לְבָנוֹן H3844G Lebanon |
| with beautiful | → | יָפֶה H3303 beautiful |
| branches | → | עָנָף H6057 branch |
| that shaded | → | צָלַל H6751 to shade |
| the forest | → | חֹ֫רֶשׁ H2793H wood |
| It towered | → | גָּבֹהַּ H1364 high |
| on high | → | קוֹמָה H6967 height |
| its top | → | צַמֶּ֫רֶת H6788 treetop |
| was | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| among | → | בַּ֫יִן H0996H between: among |
| the clouds | → | עֲבֹת H5688 cord |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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