Ezekiel 17:23

“On 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.”
Ezekiel 17:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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On the mountainבְּהַרheightמְרוֹםof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלI will plant it,אֶשְׁתֳּלֶנּוּand it will bearוְנָשָׂאbranchesעָנָףand produceוְעָשָׂהfruit,פֶרִיand becomeוְהָיָהa nobleאַדִּירcedar;לְאֶרֶזand under itוְ תַחְתָּיוwill dwellשָׁכְנוּeveryכֹּלbirdצִפּוֹרof everyכָּלwing;כָּנָףin the shadeבְּצֵלof its branchesדָּלִיּוֹתָיוthey will dwell.תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה

Allusion · Mark 4:32

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Both texts speak of a tree in whose shade the birds of the heavens nest.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

עָנָףanafH6057κλάδουςkladousG2798“branch”
צֵלtselH6738σκιὰνskianG4639“shade”
צִפּוֹרtsiporH6833πετεινὰpeteinaG4071“bird”

Ezekiel 17:23, word by word

On the mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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heightמְרוֹםmerom

height

What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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I will plant itאֶשְׁתֳּלֶeshtole

plant, transplant

To plant, to transplant: to set a tree in a good place so that it grows.

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and it will bearנָשָׂאnasa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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branchesעָנָףanaf

branch

Branch.

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and produceעָשָׂהasa

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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fruitפֶרִיferi

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

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and becomeהָיָהhaya

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

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a nobleאַדִּירadir

noble

The important men of a people, those of highest rank.

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cedarאֶרֶזerez

cedar

Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.

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will dwellשָׁכְנוּshachnu

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

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birdצִפּוֹרtsipor

bird

Bird, small bird.

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wingכָּנָףkanaf

wing

A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.

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in the shadeצֵלtsel

shade

Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".

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of its branchesדָּלִיּוֹתָיdaliyotay

branch

Branch: a hanging bough of a tree.

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The context

22Thus 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.

23 · This verse (above)

24And all the trees of the field will know that I, YHWH, have brought low the high tree, have made high the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made flourish the dry tree. I, YHWH, have spoken, and I will do it.’”

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