The Meaning of Ezekiel 15:2 Explained

Ezekiel 15:2

KJV: Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

YLT: 'Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that hath been, Among trees of the forest?

Darby: Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?

ASV: Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Son  of man,  What is the vine  tree  more than any tree,  [or than] a branch  which is among the trees  of the forest? 

What does Ezekiel 15:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 15

1  By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work
6  is shown the rejection of Jerusalem

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 15:2 mean?

Son of man how is the wood of the vine [better] than any [other] wood the [vine] branch which is among the trees of the forest
בֶּן־ אָדָ֕ם מַה־ יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה עֵץ־ הַגֶּ֖פֶן מִכָּל־ עֵ֑ץ הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בַּעֲצֵ֥י ؟ הַיָּֽעַר

בֶּן־  Son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֕ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
מַה־  how 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
עֵץ־  the  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
הַגֶּ֖פֶן  of  the  vine 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: גֶּפֶן  
Sense: vine, vine tree.
מִכָּל־  [better]  than  any  [other] 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עֵ֑ץ  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה  the  [vine]  branch 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: זְמֹורָה  
Sense: branch, twig, shoot.
בַּעֲצֵ֥י  among  the  trees 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
؟ הַיָּֽעַר  of  the  forest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעַר 
Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height.