| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 17:4:1 ⧉אֵ֛תet{direct object marker} Ezekiel 17:4:2 ⧉רֹ֥אשׁroshhead or top Ezekiel 17:4:3 ⧉יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יוyenikotayvhis young shoots Ezekiel 17:4:4 ⧉קָטָ֑ףkatafhe plucked or broke off Ezekiel 17:4:5 ⧉וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙vayeviehuand he brought it Ezekiel 17:4:6 ⧉אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץeleretsto a land Ezekiel 17:4:7 ⧉כְּנַ֔עַןkenaanCanaan Ezekiel 17:4:8 ⧉בְּעִ֥ירbeirin a city Ezekiel 17:4:9 ⧉רֹכְלִ֖יםrokhelimof merchants Ezekiel 17:4:10 ⧉שָׂמֽוֹ׃samohe set him or placed him |
| 4. Formal Translation He plucked the very top of its young shoots and brought it to the land of Canaan; in a city of merchants he set it. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation He broke off the topmost part of its new growth {yenikotav: young, tender shoots} and carried it to the land of Canaan; he placed it in a city of traders. |