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Ezekiel 17:4

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

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אֵ֛תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).רֹ֥אשׁroshheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יוyeniqotayvyoung twigיְנִיקָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “young twig”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3242a sucker or saplingyoung twig.קָטָ֑ףqatafcrop offקָטַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “crop off”, a completed actionH6998to strip offcrop off, cut down (up), pluck.וַיְבִיאֵ֨הוּ֙vayviehvand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אֶ֣רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כְּנַ֔עַןkenaanCanaanכְּנַעַןnoun, proper name — “Canaan”H3667Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by himCanaan, merchant, traffick.בְּעִ֥ירbeirin cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.רֹכְלִ֖יםrokhelimmerchantרָכַלverb, qal, participle, absolute — “merchant”, a verb used as a describing wordH7402to travel for trading(spice) merchant.שָׂמֽוֹsamvoputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

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American Standard Version (1901)

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

Young’s Literal Translation

The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.

World English Bible

He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.

Darby Translation

He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.

Douay-Rheims

He cropped off the top of the twigs thereof: and carried it away into the land of Chanaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τὰ ἄκρα τῆς ἁπαλότητος ἀπέκνισε, καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ εἰς γῆν Χαναὰν, εἰς πόλιν τετειχισμένην ἔθετο αὐτά.