“Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and amar (said), ‘Cut down the ayalan (tree), and destroy it; nevertheless shabaq (leave) the iqar (stump) of its sharash (roots) in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, day (until) seven times pass over him;