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And it tookוַיִּקַּחsome of the seedמִזֶּרַעof the landהָאָרֶץand put itוַיִּתְּנֵהוּin a fieldבִּשְׂדֵהfor sowing;זָרַעit took itקָחbesideעַלmanyרַבִּיםwaters,מַיִםlike a willowצַפְצָפָהit set it.שָׂמוֹ
Ezekiel 17:5
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:5, word by word
- And it tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- some of the seedזֶּרַעzera
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and put itיִּתְּנֵyitne
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “yitne” appears- in a fieldשְׂדֵהsede
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- like a willowצַפְצָפָהtsaftsafa
willow
Willow, a tree that grows beside water.
Where else “tsaftsafa” appears- it set itשָׂמsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears
Translation note
“It took it”: an obscure Hebrew word in this place (qach); its sense is not certain.
The context
4The tip of its shoots it plucked off and brought it to a land of Canaan; in a city of merchants it set it.
5 · This verse (above)
6And it sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in stature, so that its branches turned toward it, and its roots were under it; and it became a vine, and produced shoots and sent out foliage.