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Look,הִנֵּהAssyria,אַשּׁוּרa cedarאֶרֶזin Lebanon,בַּלְּבָנוֹןbeautifulיְפֵהof branches,עָנָףand a thicketוְחֹרֶשׁgiving shade,מֵצַלand tallוּגְבַהּof stature,קוֹמָהand amongוּבֵיןthe thick foliageעֲבֹתִיםwasהָיְתָהits top.צַמַּרְתּוֹ
Ezekiel 31:3
Study it in the app“Look, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 31:3, word by word
- Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- a cedarאֶרֶזerez
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “erez” appears- in Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- beautifulיְפֵהyefe
beautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yefe” appears- of branchesעָנָףanaf
branch
Branch.
Where else “anaf” appears- and a thicketחֹרֶשׁchoresh
thicket, Horesh
Thicket, wood. In 1 Samuel 23 it may be a place name ("Horesh") or mean "the thicket".
Where else “choresh” appears- giving shadeמֵצַלmetsal
give shade
To shelter from the sun with its branches.
Where else “metsal” appears- and tallגְבַהּgevah
tall
Of great stature.
Where else “gevah” appears- of statureקוֹמָהkoma
height
Height.
Where else “koma” appears- the thick foliageעֲבֹתִיםavotim
foliage
The dense boughs of a tall tree, among which its crown is seen.
Where else “avotim” appears- wasהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- its topצַמַּרְתּtsamart
treetop
The top of a tree, its highest foliage.
Where else “tsamart” appears
Translation note
“Thick foliage” (עֲבֹתִים) has also been read “clouds.”
Places in this verse
1Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
2Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude, ‘To whom are you like in your greatness?
3 · This verse (above)
4The waters made it grow, the deep made it high; her streams went around her planting, and her conduits she sent out to all the trees of the field.