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“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםsayאֱמֹרto Pharaoh,אֶל פַּרְעֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand to his multitude,וְאֶל הֲמוֹנוֹ‘Toאֶלwhomמִיare you likeדָּמִיתָin your greatness?בְגָדְלֶךָ
Ezekiel 31:2
Study it in the app““Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude, ‘To whom are you like in your greatness?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 31:2, word by word
- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- to Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and to his multitudeהֲמוֹנhamon
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appears- are you likeדָּמִיתָdamita
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “damita” appears- in your greatnessגָדְלֶgadle
greatness
How great God, or something, is.
Where else “gadle” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1And it came about in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Look, Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, beautiful of branches, and a thicket giving shade, and tall of stature, and among the thick foliage was its top.