Ezekiel 31:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.”
זוּר
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
עַם
the peoples of
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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נָפַל
they fell
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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פְּאֹרָה
branches/ its
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פְּאֹרָה
properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
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גַּיְא
the valleys
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גַּיְא
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
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עָרִיץ
ruthless ones of
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עָרִיץ
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
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דָּלִיָּה
branches/ its
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דָּלִיָּה
something dangling, i.e. a bough
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