And strangersוַ זָרִיםcut it down,יִּכְרְתֻהוּthe fearsome onesעָרִיצֵיof the nations,גוֹיִםand left it;וַיִּטְּשֻׁהוּon the mountainsאֶל הֶהָרִיםand in allוּבְכָלthe valleysגֵּאָיוֹתits branchesדָלִיּוֹתָיוfell,נָפְלוּand its foliageוַ פֹארֹתָיוwas brokenתִּשָּׁבַרְנָהin allבְּכֹלthe watercoursesאֲפִיקֵיof the earth;הָאָרֶץand allוַ כָּלthe peoplesעַמֵּיof the earthהָאָרֶץcame downיֵּרְדוּfrom its shadeמִצִּלּוֹand left it.וַיִּטְּשֻׁהוּ
Ezekiel 31:12
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 31:12, word by word
- And strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- cut it downיִּכְרְתֻyichrtu
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “yichrtu” appears- the fearsome onesעָרִיצֵיaritse
ruthless, tyrant
A ruthless man, a powerful one who strikes terror; violent.
Where else “aritse” appears- of the nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and left itיִּטְּשֻׁyitshu
abandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “yitshu” appears- on the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- the valleysגֵּאָיוֹתgeayot
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “geayot” appears- its branchesדָלִיּוֹתָיdaliyotay
branch
Branch: a hanging bough of a tree.
Where else “daliyotay” appears- fellנָפְלוּnaflu
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “naflu” appears- and its foliageפֹארֹתָיforotay
boughs, branches
Boughs, the leafy branches of a tree.
Where else “forotay” appears- was brokenתִּשָּׁבַרְנָהtishavarna
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “tishavarna” appears- the watercoursesאֲפִיקֵיafike
channel
The bottom along which a brook or the sea runs.
Where else “afike” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- the peoplesעַמֵּיame
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appears- came downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears- from its shadeצִּלּtsil
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsil” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13Upon its fall all the birds of the heavens dwell, and on its foliage are all the animals of the field,