ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִה‘And I myselfוְ אָנִיwill takeלָקַחְתִּיfrom the topמִצַּמֶּרֶתof the loftyהָרָמָהcedarהָאֶרֶזand set it;וְנָתָתִּיfrom the tipמֵרֹאשׁof its shootsיֹנְקוֹתָיוa tender oneרַךְI will pluck off,אֶקְטֹףand I myselfוְ אָנִיwill plant itשָׁתַלְתִּיon a mountainעַל הַרhighגָּבֹהַand steep.וְתָלוּל
Ezekiel 17:22
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: ‘And I myself will take from the top of the lofty cedar and set it; from the tip of its shoots a tender one I will pluck off, and I myself will plant it on a mountain high and steep.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:22, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- will takeלָקַחְתִּיlakachti
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appears- from the topצַּמֶּרֶתtsameret
treetop
The top of a tree, its highest foliage.
Where else “tsameret” appears- of the loftyרָמָהrama
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “rama” appears- cedarאֶרֶזerez
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “erez” appears- and set itנָתָתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- from the tipרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of its shootsיֹנְקוֹתָיyonkotay
shoot
A shoot, a tender sprout that comes out of a plant.
Where else “yonkotay” appears- a tender oneרַךְrach
tender
Delicate, like a child.
Where else “rach” appears- I will pluck offאֶקְטֹףektof
pluck
Pluck: pick heads of grain or shoots by hand.
Where else “ektof” appears- will plant itשָׁתַלְתִּיshatalti
plant, transplant
To plant, to transplant: to set a tree in a good place so that it grows.
Where else “shatalti” appears- on a mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- highגָּבֹהַgavoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gavoha” appears- and steepתָלוּלtalul
lofty
To heap up, raise; as a participle, "lofty".
Where else “talul” appears
The context
21And all his fugitives, with all his troops, by the sword will fall, and those who remain to every wind will be scattered; and you will know that I, YHWH, have spoken.’
22 · This verse (above)
23On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it, and it will bear branches and produce fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it will dwell every bird of every wing; in the shade of its branches they will dwell.