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Ezekiel 17:22

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← Ezekiel 17:21	Ezekiel 17:22 (KJV)	Ezekiel 17:23 →
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it].	Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon an high mountain and eminent:	In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; I will also take^H3947 of the highest branch^H6788 of the high^H7311 cedar^H730, and will set^H5414 it; I will crop off^H6998 from the top^H7218 of his young twigs^H3127 a tender one^H7390, and will plant^H8362 it upon an high^H1364 mountain^H2022 and eminent^H8524:

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Original Hebrew

כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה וְלָקַחְתִּי אָנִי מִצַּמֶּרֶת הָאֶרֶז הָרָמָה וְנָתָתִּי מֵרֹאשׁ יֹנְקֹותָיו רַךְ אֶקְטֹף וְשָׁתַלְתִּי אָנִי עַל הַר־גָּבֹהַ וְתָלוּל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כֹּ֤ה	koh	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
אֲדֹנָ֣/י	'a.do.Nai	H136	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	(the) Lord
יְהוִ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3069	HNp	Yahweh
וְ/לָקַ֣חְתִּי	ve./la.Kach.ti	H3947	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will take
אָ֗נִי	'A.ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
מִ/צַּמֶּ֧רֶת	mi./tza.Me.ret	H6788	HR/Ncfsc	from/ (the) treetop of
הָ/אֶ֛רֶז	ha./'E.rez	H730	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ cedar
הָ/רָמָ֖ה	ha./ra.Mah	H7311	HTd/Vqrfsa	(the)/ high
וְ/נָתָ֑תִּי	ve./na.Ta.ti	H5414	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will place (it)
מֵ/רֹ֤אשׁ	me./Rosh	H7218	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) top of
יֹֽנְקוֹתָי/ו֙	yo.ne.ko.Ta/v	H3127	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	young shoots/ its
רַ֣ךְ	rakh	H7390	HAamsa	a tender (shoot)
אֶקְטֹ֔ף	'ek.Tof	H6998	HVqi1cs	I will pluck off
וְ/שָׁתַ֣לְתִּי	ve./sha.Tal.ti	H8362	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will plant (it)
אָ֔נִי	'A.ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
עַ֥ל	'al	H5921	HR	on
הַר	har-	H2022	HNcmsa	a mountain
גָּבֹ֖הַ	ga.Vo.ha	H1364	HAamsa	high
וְ/תָלֽוּל	ve./ta.Lul	H8524	HC/Aamsa	and/ lofty

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H136 — אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'): an emphatic form of אָדוֹן; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H730 — אֶרֶז (ʼerez, eh-rez'): from אָרַז; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots); cedar (tree).
• H1364 — גָּבֹהַּ (gâbôahh, gaw-bo'-ah): or גָּבוֹהַּ; (fully) from גָּבַהּ; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant; haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, [idiom] exceeding proudly.
• H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
• H3069 — יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, yeh-ho-vee'): a variation of יְהֹוָה (used after אֲדֹנָי, and pronounced by Jews as אֱלֹהִים, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce יְהֹוָה as אֲדֹנָי); {YHWH}; God.
• H3127 — יוֹנֶקֶת (yôwneqeth, yo-neh'-keth): feminine of יוֹנֵק; a sprout; (tender) branch, young twig.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6788 — צַמֶּרֶת (tsammereth, tsam-meh'-reth): from the same as צֶמֶר; fleeciness, i.e. foliage; highest branch, top.
• H6998 — קָטַף (qâṭaph, kaw-taf'): a primitive root; to strip off; crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7311 — רוּם (rûwm, room): a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
• H7390 — רַךְ (rak, rak): from רָכַךְ; tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak; faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
• H8362 — שָׁתַל (shâthal, shaw-thal'): a primitive root; to transplant; plant.
• H8524 — תָּלַל (tâlal, taw-lal'): a primitive root; to pile up, i.e. elevate; eminent. Compare הָתַל.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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