Ezekiel 31:10

“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: ‘Because you rose high in stature, and it set its top among the thick foliage, and its heart was lifted up in its height,”

Ezekiel 31:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 31:10, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” 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
you rose highגָּבַהְתָּgavahta

be high

To be or rise very high, above everything else.

Where else “gavahta” appears
in statureקוֹמָהkoma

height

Height.

Where else “koma” appears
and it setיִּתֵּןyiten

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “yiten” appears
its topצַמַּרְתּtsamart

treetop

The top of a tree, its highest foliage.

Where else “tsamart” appears
the thick foliageעֲבוֹתִיםavotim

foliage

The dense boughs of a tall tree, among which its crown is seen.

Where else “avotim” appears
and its heartלְבָבlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levav” appears
was lifted upרָםram

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

Where else “ram” appears
in its heightגָבְהgav

height

The measure of something from bottom to top.

Where else “gav” appears

The context

9Beautiful I made it in the abundance of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of Elohim.’

10 · This verse (above)

11I will give it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he will surely deal with it according to its wickedness; I have driven it out.

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