Ezekiel 17:5
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
נָטַע
nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
פָּרָה
pârâh
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
שָׁכַן
shâkan
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
סַל
çal
properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. an osier; but only as woven into abasket
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
Key Terms in This Verse
סַל çal
properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. an osier; but only as woven into abasket
Study H5536 →נָטַע nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
Study H5193 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
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