and say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהThe greatהַגָּדוֹלeagle,הַנֶּשֶׁרgreatגְּדוֹלof wings,הַכְּנָפַיִםlongאֶרֶךְof pinion,הָאֵבֶרfullמָלֵאof feathers,הַנּוֹצָהwhichאֲשֶׁרhadלוֹcolors,הָרִקְמָהcameבָּאto Lebanonאֶל הַלְּבָנוֹןand tookוַיִּקַּחthe topאֶת צַמֶּרֶתof the cedar.הָאָרֶז
Ezekiel 17:3
Study it in the app“and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: The great eagle, great of wings, long of pinion, full of feathers, which had colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:3, word by word
- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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- The greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- eagleנֶּשֶׁרnesher
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nesher” appears- of wingsכְּנָפַיִםkenafayim
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafayim” appears- longאֶרֶךְerech
long
Of great length, said of an eagle's feathers.
Where else “erech” appears- of pinionאֵבֶרever
wing, pinion
A wing, or the long feathers of the wing with which a bird flies.
Where else “ever” appears- fullמָלֵאmale
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “male” appears- of feathersנּוֹצָהnotsa
feathers
Feathers, plumage. In Leviticus 1:16 the sense is debated: it may also be the contents of the crop.
Where else “notsa” appears- colorsרִקְמָהrikma
colors
A variety of colors, like that of the stones gathered for the temple.
Where else “rikma” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- to Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- and tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the topצַמֶּרֶתtsameret
treetop
The top of a tree, its highest foliage.
Where else “tsameret” appears- of the cedarאָרֶזarez
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “arez” appears
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
2“Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a proverb to the house of Israel,
3 · This verse (above)
4The tip of its shoots it plucked off and brought it to a land of Canaan; in a city of merchants it set it.