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Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [supplied: them] forth.

בְּשַׁלְּחֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “when”

All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.

בִּסְעַפֹּתָ֤יו (בִּ) bi “in”וּבְצִלּוֹ֙ (בְ) ve. “in”

Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

בְּגָדְל֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.

בְּגַן־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּגַן־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיָפְיֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

בְּרֹ֖ב (בְּ) be. “in”בְּגַ֥ן (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh: Because you are exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

בְּקוֹמָ֑ה (בְּ) be. “in”בְּגָבְהֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”

Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּכֹל֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, [supplied: even] all who drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.

בְקוֹמָתָ֜ם (בְ) ve. “in”בְּגָבְהָ֖ם (בְּ) be. “by”בְּת֛וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers of it; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

בְּי֨וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.

בְּהוֹרִדִ֥י (בְּ) be. “when”בְּאֶ֤רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, [supplied: that] lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

בְצִלּ֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.

בְּכָב֥וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְגֹ֖דֶל (בְ) ve. “in”בַּעֲצֵי־ (בַּ) ba. “among”בְּת֨וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [supplied: day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

בִּשְׁתֵּ֣י (בִּ) bi “in”בִּשְׁנֵי־ (בִּ) bi “in”בְּאֶחָ֣ד (בְּ) be. “on”

Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, You were likened to a young lion of the nations: yet are you as a monster in the seas; and you did break forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.

בַּיַּמִּ֔ים (בַּ) ba “in the”בְּנַהֲרוֹתֶ֗יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּרַגְלֶ֔יךָ (בְּ) be. “with”

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.

בִּקְהַ֖ל (בִּ) bi “by”בְּחֶרְמִֽי׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.

בָאָ֔רֶץ (בָ) va. “on the”

When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙ (בְ) ve. “when”בֶּעָנָ֣ן (בֶּ) be. “with <the>”

All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord Yahweh.

בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.

בַּהֲבִיאִ֤י (בַּ) ba. “when”בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.

בְּעוֹפְפִ֥י (בְּ) be. “when”בְּי֖וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nothing the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude of it shall be destroyed.

בְּחַרְב֤וֹת (בְּ) be. “by”

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that of which it was full, when I shall strike all those who dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Yahweh.

בְּתִתִּי֩ (בְּ) be. “when”בְּהַכּוֹתִ֖י (בְּ) be. “when”בָ֑הּ (בָ֑) Va “in”

It happened also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth [supplied: day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

בִּשְׁתֵּ֣י (בִּ) bi “in”בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “on”