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In a goodטּוֹבfield,אֶל שָׂדֶהbesideאֶלmanyרַבִּיםwaters,מַיִםitהִיאwas planted,שְׁתוּלָהto produceלַעֲשׂוֹתbranchesעָנָףand to bearוְלָשֵׂאתfruit,פֶּרִיto becomeלִהְיוֹתa gloriousאַדָּרֶתvine.’לְגֶפֶן
Ezekiel 17:8
Study it in the app“In a good field, beside many waters, it was planted, to produce branches and to bear fruit, to become a glorious vine.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:8, word by word
- In a goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- fieldשָׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” 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- was plantedשְׁתוּלָהshetula
plant, transplant
To plant, to transplant: to set a tree in a good place so that it grows.
Where else “shetula” appears- to produceעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- branchesעָנָףanaf
branch
Branch.
Where else “anaf” appears- and to bearשֵׂאתset
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “set” appears- fruitפֶּרִיperi
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appears- to becomeהְיוֹתheot
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “heot” appears- a gloriousאַדָּרֶתadaret
splendor
Something magnificent, glorious.
Where else “adaret” appears- vine.’גֶפֶןgefen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” appears
The context
7And there was another great eagle, great of wings and full of feathers; and look, this vine bent its roots toward it, and sent out its branches toward it, so that it might water it, from the beds of its planting.
8 · This verse (above)
9Say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Will it prosper? Will he not tear out its roots and strip off its fruit, so that it withers? All the leaves of its sprouting will wither; and not with a great arm nor with many people will it take to pull it up from its roots.