Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6
the Assyrian. Ginsburg thinks this should read teashshur (=. box. tree) instead of. ashshur (= an Assyrian). There is no article; and Egypt is the subject here, not Assyria. See note on Ezekiel 27:6, and compare Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 60:13. The subject is the proud exaltation of Egypt, which is likened to. box or cypress, exalting itself into. cedar of Lebanon.
shroud. foliage.