Ezekiel 31:8
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
עֵץ
tree
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עֵץ
Tree. Ets. A tree planted by rivers of water. The righteous person is like a tree with deep roots in God's word, bearing fruit in season and never withering.
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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בְּרוֹשׁ
fir trees
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בְּרוֹשׁ
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
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עָמַם
they eclipsed/ it
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עָמַם
to associate; by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together)
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דָּמָה
it was like
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דָּמָה
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
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סְעַפָּה
boughs/ its
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סְעַפָּה
a twig
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