King James Version

Ezekiel 31:7

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

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וַיְּיִ֣ףvayyifand be beautifulיָפָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be beautiful”, the next action in the storyH3302properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautifulbe beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.בְּגָדְל֔וֹbegadelvoin greatnessגֹּדֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in greatness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1433magnitude (literally or figuratively)greatness, stout(-ness).בְּאֹ֖רֶךְbeorekhin lengthאֹרֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יוdaliotayvbranchדָּלִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “branch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1808something dangling, i.e. a boughbranch.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…הָיָ֥הhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, 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.שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹshareshvorootשֶׁרֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “root”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8328a root (literally or figuratively)bottom, deep, heel, root.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).מַ֥יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “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)

Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: because his root was by great waters.

Douay-Rheims

And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο καλὸς ἐν τῷ ὕψει αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν κλάδων αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐγενήθησαν αἱ ῥίζαι αὐτοῦ εἰς ὕδωρ πολύ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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