And she hadוַיִּהְיוּ לָהּstrongעֹזrodsמַטּוֹתfor sceptersאֶל שִׁבְטֵיof rulers;מֹשְׁלִיםand its statureוַ קוֹמָתוֹrose highתִּגְבַּהּup amongעַל בֵּיןthe thick foliage,עֲבֹתִיםand it was seenוַיֵּרָאin its height,בְגָבְהוֹwith the multitudeבְּרֹבof its branches.דָּלִיֹּתָיו
Ezekiel 19:11
Study it in the app“And she had strong rods for scepters of rulers; and its stature rose high up among the thick foliage, and it was seen in its height, with the multitude of its branches.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 19:11, word by word
- And she hadיִּהְיוּyihyu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appears- strongעֹזoz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “oz” appears- rodsמַטּוֹתmatot
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “matot” appears- for sceptersשִׁבְטֵיshivte
rod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shivte” appears- of rulersמֹשְׁלִיםmoshlim
ruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshlim” appears- and its statureקוֹמָתkomat
height
Height.
Where else “komat” appears- rose highתִּגְבַּהּtigbah
be high
To be or rise very high, above everything else.
Where else “tigbah” appears- the thick foliageעֲבֹתִיםavotim
foliage
The dense boughs of a tall tree, among which its crown is seen.
Where else “avotim” appears- and it was seenיֵּרָאyera
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yera” appears- in its heightגָבְהgav
height
The measure of something from bottom to top.
Where else “gav” appears- with the multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- of its branchesדָּלִיֹּתָיdaliyotay
branch
Branch: a hanging bough of a tree.
Where else “daliyotay” appears
The context
10Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters; fruitful and full of branches she was because of many waters.
11 · This verse (above)
12But she was uprooted in fury, to the earth she was cast down; and the east wind dried up her fruit; her strong rods were broken off and withered; fire consumed it.