Ezekiel 31:12

“And strangers cut it down, the fearsome ones of the nations, and left it; on the mountains and in all the valleys its branches fell, and its foliage was broken in all the watercourses of the earth; and all the peoples of the earth came down from its shade and left it.”

Ezekiel 31:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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