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Ezekiel 19:10

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

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אִמְּךָ֥imkhamotherאֵםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.כַגֶּ֛פֶןkhagefenas vineגֶּפֶןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as vine”, the ordinary formH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.בְּדָמְךָ֖bedamekhain blood , innocentדָּםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…מַ֣יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).שְׁתוּלָ֑הshetulahplantשָׁתַלverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “plant”, a verb used as a describing wordH8362to transplantplant.פֹּֽרִיָּה֙poriyahbearפָּרָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH6509to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.וַֽעֲנֵפָ֔הvaanefahand full of branchesעָנֵףconjunction, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “and full of branches”, the ordinary formH6058branchingfull of branches.הָיְתָ֖הhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to 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.מִמַּ֥יִםmimayimfrom waterמַיִםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “from water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).רַבִּֽיםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (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),…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy mother was like a vine, in thy likeness, planted by the waters; she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy mother [is] as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.

World English Bible

“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Darby Translation

Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Douay-Rheims

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood planted by the water: her fruit and her branches have grown out of many waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy mother was like a vine, in thy likeness, planted by the waters; she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thy mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoots abounded by reason of much water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ μήτηρ σου ὡς ἄμπελος καὶ ὡς ἄνθος ἐν ῥοᾷ, ἐν ὕδατι πεφυτευμένη, ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῆς καὶ ὁ βλαστὸς αὐτῆς ἐγένετο ἐξ ὕδατος πολλοῦ.