What Does Ezekiel 15:2 Mean?

“Son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“more than any tree”

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

“What is the vine”

a vine (as twining), especially the grape

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“more than any tree”

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

“or than a branch”

a twig (as pruned)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“more than any tree”

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

“of the forest”

a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)