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The tipאֵת רֹאשׁof its shootsיְנִיקוֹתָיוit plucked offקָטָףand brought itוַיְבִיאֵהוּto a landאֶל אֶרֶץof Canaan;כְּנַעַןin a cityבְּעִירof merchantsרֹכְלִיםit set it.שָׂמוֹ
Ezekiel 17:4
Study it in the app“The tip of its shoots it plucked off and brought it to a land of Canaan; in a city of merchants it set it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:4, word by word
- The tipרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of its shootsיְנִיקוֹתָיyenikotay
young shoot
A tender shoot, a sprout.
Where else “yenikotay” appears- it plucked offקָטָףkataf
pluck
Pluck: pick heads of grain or shoots by hand.
Where else “kataf” appears- and brought itיְבִיאֵyevie
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevie” appears- to a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- in a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of merchantsרֹכְלִיםrochlim
go about trading
Go from place to place selling; as a participle, trader, traveling merchant.
Where else “rochlim” appears- it set itשָׂמsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
3and 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And it took some of the seed of the land and put it in a field for sowing; it took it beside many waters, like a willow it set it.