Ezekiel

Ezekiel 17:4

⁴He plucked off its topmost shoot,

carried it to the land of merchants,

and planted it in a city of traders.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He plucked off	קָטָ֑ף	qā·ṭāp̄	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6998 pluck off
its topmost	רֹ֥אשׁ	rōš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
shoot	יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יו	yə·nî·qō·w·ṯāw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H3242 id.
carried it	וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙	way·ḇî·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the land	אֶ֣רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of merchants	כְּנַ֔עַן	kə·na·‘an	Noun - masculine singular	H3667 Canaan
and planted	שָׂמֽוֹ׃	śā·mōw	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
it in a city	בְּעִ֥יר	bə·‘îr	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
of traders	רֹכְלִ֖ים	rō·ḵə·lîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7402 go about, from one to another

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.