Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 31:3 Interlinear

Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches shroud and with a shadowing and of an high stature was among the thick boughs and his top

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הִנֵּ֨הH2009lo!
2אַשּׁ֜וּרH804Behold the Assyrianashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
3אֶ֣רֶזH730was a cedara cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
4בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןH3844in Lebanonlebanon, a mountain range in palestine
5יְפֵ֥הH3303with fairbeautiful (literally or figuratively)
6עָנָ֛ףH6057branchesa twig (as covering the limbs)
7וְחֹ֥רֶשׁH2793shrouda forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)
8מֵצַ֖לH6751and with a shadowingto shade, as twilight or an opaque object
9וּגְבַ֣הּH1362and of an highlofty (literally or figuratively)
10קוֹמָ֑הH6967statureheight
11וּבֵ֣יןH996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
12עֲבֹתִ֔יםH5688was among the thick boughssomething intwined, i.e., a string, wreath or foliage
13הָיְתָ֖הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
14צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃H6788and his topfleeciness, i.e., foliage

Verse Context

Ezekiel 31:2Son of man speak unto Pharaoh king...
Ezekiel 31:3 (current) Behold the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches shroud and with a shadowing and of an high stature was among the thick boughs and his top
Ezekiel 31:4The waters made him great the deep set him up on high with her rivers...

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