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Ezekiel 17:7

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

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וַיְהִ֤יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.נֶֽשֶׁרneshereagleנֶשֶׁרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “eagle”, the ordinary formH5404the eagle (or other large bird of prey)eagle.אֶחָד֙echadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,גָּד֔וֹלgadolgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.גְּד֥וֹלgedolgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “great”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.כְּנָפַ֖יִםkenafayimwingכָּנָףnoun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “wing”, the ordinary formH3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle[phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).וְרַבveravand aboundרַבconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “and abound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…נוֹצָ֑הnotsahfeatherנוֹצָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “feather”, the ordinary formH5133a pinion (or wing feather); often (collectively) plumagefeather(-s), ostrich.וְהִנֵּה֩vehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.הַגֶּ֨פֶןhagefenthe vineגֶּפֶןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the vine”, the ordinary formH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.הַזֹּ֜אתhazotthe thisזֹאתdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “the this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.כָּֽפְנָ֧הkafenahbendכָּפַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bend”, a completed actionH3719to bendbend.שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָsharosheyharootשֶׁרֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “root”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8328a root (literally or figuratively)bottom, deep, heel, root.עָלָ֗יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…וְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙vedaliotayvand branchדָּלִיָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and branch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1808something dangling, i.e. a boughbranch.שִׁלְחָהshilchahsendשָׁלַחverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “send”, a completed actionH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…לּ֔וֹlvotoלּ֔וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלְהַשְׁק֣וֹתlehashqotto cause to drinkשָׁקָהpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to cause to drink”, the to-form of the verbH8248to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion tocause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).אוֹתָ֔הּotahobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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).מֵעֲרֻג֖וֹתmearugotfrom furrowעֲרוּגָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “from furrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6170something piled up (as if (figuratively) raised by mental aspiration), i.e. a paterrebed, furrow.מַטָּעָֽהּmataahplantמַטָּעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “plant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4302something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men); by implication, the act, plantingplant(-ation, -ing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine hath bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,

World English Bible

“‘“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it.

Darby Translation

And there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and behold, from the beds of her plantation, this vine did bend her roots unto him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it.

Douay-Rheims

And there was another large eagle, with great wings, and many feathers: and behold this vine, bending as it were her roots towards him, stretched forth her branches to him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots were turned towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that he might water her together with the growth of her plantation.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἀετὸς ἕτερος μέγας, μεγαλοπτέρυγος πολὺς ὄνυξι· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ ἄμπελος αὕτη περιπεπλεγμένη πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ ῥίζαι αὐτῆς πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ τὰ κλήματα αὐτῆς ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτῷ, τοῦ ποτίσαι αὐτὴν σὺν τῷ βόλῳ τῆς φυτείας αὐτῆς.