H5589 H5589
boughs, branches (of a tree, especially cedar)
This feminine plural noun refers to the spreading branches or boughs of a great tree. Both occurrences are in Ezekiel 31, where Assyria is depicted as a magnificent cedar in Lebanon, so tall and majestic that birds nest in its boughs and nations find shelter under its branches. The imagery emphasizes grandeur and protective reach—the sprawling canopy of a mighty tree. The prophet uses this arboreal metaphor to describe imperial power before announcing its impending fall.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The branches or boughs of a great tree, used metaphorically in Ezekiel 31 for the far-reaching power of Assyria. Both references (vv. 6, 8) speak of birds nesting and nations dwelling 'in its boughs,' highlighting the protective and expansive nature of the cedar's canopy. The Hebrew occurs with possessive suffix 'its boughs,' emphasizing the majestic cedar figure. 2×
AR["أَغْصَانِهِ", "فِي-أَغْصَانِهِ"]·ben["আর-স্টারাক্স-গাছ", "তার-ডালে"]·DE["[בסעפתיו]", "[סעפתיו]"]·EN["in-its-boughs", "its-boughs"]·FR["[בסעפתיו]", "[סעפתיו]"]·heb["ב-סעפותיו", "סעפותיו"]·HI["में-शाखाओं-उसकी", "शाखाओं-उसकी"]·ID["Di-cabang-cabangnya", "cabang-cabangnya,"]·IT["[בסעפתיו]", "[סעפתיו]"]·jav["Ing-pang-pangipun", "pang-pangipun"]·KO["가지들에-그의"]·PT["Em-galhos-dele", "ramos-dele"]·RU["в-ветвях-его", "ветвями-его"]·ES["En-sus-ramas", "sus-ramas"]·SW["Katika-matawi-yake", "matawi-yake"]·TR["dallarına", "dallarında"]·urd["اُس-کی-شاخوں", "اُس-کی-شاخوں-میں"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [סְעַפָּה] n.f. bough, branch;—pl. sf. סְעַפֹּתָיו Ez 31:6, 8 (of king under fig. of cedar).