Ezekiel 17:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"He plucked offקָטָ֑ף
(ka·taf;)
6998: to pluck off or outa prim. root
the topmostרֹ֥אשׁ
(rosh)
7218: heada prim. root
of its young twigsיְנִֽיקֹותָ֖יו
(ye·ni·ko·v·tav)
3242: a young shoot, twigfrom yanaq
and broughtוַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙
(vay·vi·'e·hu)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
it to a landאֶ֣רֶץ
(e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
of merchants;כְּנַ֔עַן
(ke·na·'an,)
3667b: a merchantfrom kana
he setשָׂמֹֽו׃
(sa·mov.)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
it in a cityבְּעִ֥יר
(be·'ir)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
of traders.רֹכְלִ֖ים
(ro·che·lim)
7402: probably to go abouta prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
He cropped off
qataph  (kaw-taf')
to strip off -- crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
the top
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of his young twigs
yniqah  (yen-ee-kaw')
a sucker or sapling -- young twig.
and carried
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
it into a land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of traffick
Kna`an  (ken-ah'-an)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him -- Canaan, merchant, traffick.
he set
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
it in a city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
of merchants
rakal  (raw-kal')
to travel for trading -- (spice) merchant.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.

King James Bible
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He plucked off its topmost shoot, brought it to the land of merchants, and set it in a city of traders.

International Standard Version
He plucked off the top of its shoot, brought it to a land of merchants, and set it down in a city full of traders.

NET Bible
He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It broke off the highest twig and carried it to a country of merchants. It planted the twig in a city of merchants.

King James 2000 Bible
He cropped off the top of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of trade; he set it in a city of merchants.
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