Of oaksאַלּוֹנִיםfrom Bashanמִבָּשָׁןthey madeעָשׂוּyour oars;מִשּׁוֹטָיִךְyour plankingקַרְשֵׁךְthey madeעָשׂוּof ivoryשֵׁןset in boxwoodבַּת אֲשֻׁרִיםfrom the coastlandsמֵאִיֵּיof Kittim.כִּתִּיִּים
Ezekiel 27:6
Study it in the app“Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; your planking they made of ivory set in boxwood from the coastlands of Kittim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 27:6, word by word
- Of oaksאַלּוֹנִיםalonim
oak
Oak.
Where else “alonim” appears- from Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- they madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- your oarsמִשּׁוֹטָיִmishotayi
oar
An oar.
Where else “mishotayi” appears- your plankingקַרְשֵׁkarshe
board, frame
Board, plank; it may also be a wooden frame. Once it is the deck of a ship (Ezekiel 27:6).
Where else “karshe” appears- of ivoryשֵׁןshen
ivory
The hard white material of elephant tusks, very valuable.
Where else “shen” appears- set in boxwoodבַּתbat
young
Literally "daughter" in set phrases, like the center of the eye or an animal's age.
Where else “bat” appears- set in boxwoodאֲשֻׁרִיםashurim
cypress, boxwood
A light, elastic wood (perhaps boxwood or cypress).
Where else “ashurim” appears- from the coastlandsאִיֵּיiye
coast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “iye” appears- of Kittimכִּתִּיִּיםkitiyim
Kittim
Kittim, descendants of Javan; the name is used for Cyprus and later for peoples across the sea.
Where else “kitiyim” appears
Places in this verse
Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
5Of cypresses from Senir they built for you all the planks; a cedar from Lebanon they took to make a mast for you.
6 · This verse (above)
7Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt was your sail, to serve you as a banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was your awning.