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And they will raiseוְנָשְׂאוּover you,אֵלַיִךְin their wailing,בְּנִיהֶםa dirge,קִינָהand chant a lamentוְקוֹנְנוּover you:עָלָיִךְ“Whoמִיis like Tyre,כְצוֹרlike the silenced oneכְּדֻמָהin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the sea?”הַיָּם
Ezekiel 27:32
Study it in the app“And they will raise over you, in their wailing, a dirge, and chant a lament over you: “Who is like Tyre, like the silenced one in the midst of the sea?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 27:32, word by word
- And they will raiseנָשְׂאוּnasu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasu” appears- in their wailingנִיni
lament
Weeping, lamentation.
Where else “ni” appears- a dirgeקִינָהkina
lament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kina” appears- and chant a lamentקוֹנְנוּkonnu
chant a dirge
Chant a dirge, lament the dead in song.
Where else “konnu” appears- is like Tyreצוֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- like the silenced oneדֻמָהduma
silenced one
One who is silenced, made desolate.
Where else “duma” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
Places in this verse
Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
31And they will make themselves bald for you, and gird on sackcloth, and weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter lamentation.
32 · This verse (above)
33When your wares went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your riches and your exchange you enriched the kings of the earth.