Ezekiel 31:8

“The cedars did not eclipse it in the garden of Elohim; the cypresses did not resemble its boughs, and the plane trees were not like its foliage; no tree in the garden of Elohim resembled it in its beauty.”

Ezekiel 31:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 31:8, word by word

The cedarsאֲרָזִיםarazim

cedar

Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.

Where else “arazim” appears
eclipse itעֲמָמֻamamu

dim, darken, hide

"Amam": to darken, to dim; in Lamentations 4:1, gold that loses its shine. In Ezekiel 28:3 and 31:8, to be hidden, to be unable to match someone.

Where else “amamu” appears
in the gardenגַןgan

garden

Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.

Where else “gan” appears
of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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the cypressesבְּרוֹשִׁיםberoshim

cypress

Cypress (or a similar tree with good wood); also what is made from that wood: spears or musical instruments.

Where else “beroshim” appears
resembleדָמוּdamu

liken

To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.

Where else “damu” appears
its boughsסְעַפֹּתָיseapotay

bough

A bough, a slender branch.

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and the plane treesעַרְמֹנִיםarmonim

plane tree

Plane tree.

Where else “armonim” appears
were notהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayu” appears
like its foliageפֹארֹתָיforotay

boughs, branches

Boughs, the leafy branches of a tree.

Where else “forotay” appears
treeעֵץets

tree

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

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in its beautyיָפְיyafy

beauty

Beauty, loveliness.

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The context

7And it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by many waters.

8 · This verse (above)

9Beautiful I made it in the abundance of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of Elohim.’

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