The Meaning of Ezekiel 31:9 Explained

Ezekiel 31:9

KJV: I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

YLT: Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that are in the garden of God.

Darby: I had made him fair by the multitude of his branches; and all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

ASV: I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I have made  him fair  by the multitude  of his branches:  so that all the trees  of Eden,  that [were] in the garden  of God,  envied  him. 

What does Ezekiel 31:9 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 31:9 mean?

Beautiful I made it with a multitude of branches so that envied it all the trees of Eden that [were] in the garden of God -
יָפֶ֣ה עֲשִׂיתִ֔יו בְּרֹ֖ב דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙ כָּל־ עֲצֵי־ עֵ֔דֶן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּגַ֥ן הָאֱלֹהִֽים ס

יָפֶ֣ה  Beautiful 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יָפֶה  
Sense: fair, beautiful, handsome.
עֲשִׂיתִ֔יו  I  made  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בְּרֹ֖ב  with  a  multitude 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹב  
Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness.
דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו  of  branches 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּלִית  
Sense: branch, bough.
וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙  so  that  envied  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular
Root: קָנָא  
Sense: to envy, be jealous, be envious, be zealous.
עֲצֵי־  the  trees 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
עֵ֔דֶן  of  Eden 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵדֶן 
Sense: the first habitat of man after the creation; site unknown.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בְּגַ֥ן  in  the  garden 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct
Root: גַּן 
Sense: garden, enclosure.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation