The Meaning of Ezekiel 31:7 Explained

Ezekiel 31:7

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ezekiel 31:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 31

1  A relation unto Pharaoh
3  of the glory of Assyria
10  and the fall thereof for pride
18  The like destruction of Egypt

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 31:7 mean?

Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches because reached its roots to waters abundant
וַיְּיִ֣ף בְּגָדְל֔וֹ בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו כִּֽי־ הָיָ֥ה שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹ אֶל־ מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים

וַיְּיִ֣ף  Thus  it  was  beautiful 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָפָה  
Sense: to be bright, be beautiful, be handsome, be fair.
בְּגָדְל֔וֹ  in  greatness 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גֹּדֶל  
Sense: greatness.
בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ  and  in  the  length 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹרֶךְ  
Sense: length.
דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו  of  its  branches 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּלִית  
Sense: branch, bough.
כִּֽי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
הָיָ֥ה  reached 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹ  its  roots 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֹׁרֶשׁ  
Sense: root.
מַ֥יִם  waters 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
רַבִּֽים  abundant 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.

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