King James Version

Ezekiel 31:3

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

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הִנֵּ֨הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.אַשּׁ֜וּרashurAssyriaאַשּׁוּרnoun, proper name — “Assyria”H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empireAsshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).אֶ֣רֶזerezcedarאֶרֶזnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cedar”, the ordinary formH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןbalvanonin Lebanonלְבָנוֹןpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “in Lebanon”H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in PalestineLebanon.יְפֵ֥הyefehbeautyיָפֶהadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)[phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.עָנָ֛ףanafboughעָנָףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bough”, the ordinary formH6057a twig (as covering the limbs)bough, branch.וְחֹ֥רֶשׁvechoreshand forestחֹרֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and forest”, the ordinary formH2793a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)bough, forest, shroud, wood.מֵצַ֖לmetsalbegin to be darkצָלַלverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “begin to be dark”, a verb used as a describing wordH6751to shade, as twilight or an opaque objectbegin to be dark, shadowing.וּגְבַ֣הּugevahand highגָּבָהּconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “and high”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1362lofty (literally or figuratively)high, proud.קוֹמָ֑הqomahheightקוֹמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “height”, the ordinary formH6967height[idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.וּבֵ֣יןuveynand betweenבֵּיןconjunction, preposition — “and between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.עֲבֹתִ֔יםavotimbandעֲבֹתnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “band”, the ordinary formH5688something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliageband, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).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.צַמַּרְתּֽוֹtsamartvohighest branchצַמֶּרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “highest branch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6788fleeciness, i.e. foliagehighest branch, top.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.

World English Bible

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

Darby Translation

Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughs.

Douay-Rheims

Behold, the Assyrian was like a cedar in Libanus, with fair branches, and full of leaves, of a high stature, and his top was elevated among the thick boughs.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, the Assyrian was a cypress in Libanus, and was fair in shoots, and high in stature: his top reached to the midst of the clouds.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ Ἀσσοὺρ κυπάρισσος ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ, καὶ καλὸς ταῖς παραφυάσι, καὶ ὑψηλὸς τῷ μεγέθει, εἰς μέσον νεφελῶν ἐγένετο ἡ ἀρχὴ αὐτοῦ.