pe.o.rah denotes the spreading limbs of a vine or tree, portrayed as growing, sheltering creatures, or being broken down.

The term consistently denotes the outward limbs of a vine or tree. In the supplied verses these limbs multiply and lengthen, provide places for birds and beasts, are compared with those of other trees, or are broken when the tree is cut down.

1. Tree or vine limbs in growth, shelter, and ruin · dominant

   The plural noun occurs of a vine that sends out limbs in Ezekiel 17:6, and of a tall tree whose limbs multiply and lengthen in Ezekiel 31:5. In Ezekiel 31:6 and Ezekiel 31:13 the APB renders the setting of birds and beasts in or at its “boughs,” while Ezekiel 31:8 compares its limbs with those of cedars, cypresses, and plane trees; Ezekiel 31:12 depicts them broken after the tree is cut down.

   Ezekiel 17:6Ezekiel 31:5Ezekiel 31:6Ezekiel 31:8Ezekiel 31:12Ezekiel 31:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “boughs,” including the tree comparisons, animal shelter, and broken limbs in Ezekiel 31. In Ezekiel 17:6 it renders the broader vine scene with “sent out boughs”; These renderings indicate the verse context rather than a fixed English equivalent.