Ezekiel 31:5

“Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs multiplied, and its foliage grew long from many waters as it spread out.”

Ezekiel 31:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 31:5, word by word

its heightקֹמָתkomat

height

Height.

Where else “komat” appears
was exaltedגָּבְהָאgavha

be high

To be or rise very high, above everything else.

Where else “gavha” appears
the treesעֲצֵיatse

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

Where else “atse” appears
of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

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and its boughsסַרְעַפֹּתָיsarapotay

bough

A bough (a longer form of se'appa).

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multipliedתִּרְבֶּינָהtirbena

multiply

To grow in number.

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and its foliageפֹארֹתָיforotay

boughs, branches

Boughs, the leafy branches of a tree.

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grew longתֶּאֱרַכְנָהteerachna

be long, prolong

Be long, last long; prolong.

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manyרַבִּיםrabim

much

In great quantity, more than expected.

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watersמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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as it spread outשַׁלְּחshalch

send

To send someone or something.

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The context

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.

5 · This verse (above)

6In its boughs all the birds of the heavens nested, and under its foliage all the animals of the field gave birth, and in its shade all the many nations lived.

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