Fine linenשֵׁשׁwith embroideryבְּרִקְמָהfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםwasהָיָהyour sail,מִפְרָשֵׂךְto serve youלִהְיוֹת לָךְas a banner;לְנֵסblueתְּכֵלֶתand purpleוְאַרְגָּמָןfrom the coastlandsמֵאִיֵּיof Elishahאֱלִישָׁהwasהָיָהyour awning.מְכַסֵּךְ
Ezekiel 27:7
Study it in the app“Fine 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 27:7, word by word
- Fine linenשֵׁשׁshesh
fine linen
Delicate white flax cloth.
Where else “shesh” appears- with embroideryרִקְמָהrikma
embroidery
Cloth decorated with colored threads.
Where else “rikma” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- your sailמִפְרָשֵׂmifrase
sail
The cloth of a ship that catches the wind.
Where else “mifrase” appears- as a bannerנֵסnes
banner
A signal raised on a staff, for all to gather.
Where else “nes” appears- blueתְּכֵלֶתtechelet
violet-blue
Thread or cloth dyed violet-blue, a very costly dye.
Where else “techelet” appears- and purpleאַרְגָּמָןargaman
purple
Thread or cloth dyed purple, a costly dark red.
Where else “argaman” appears- from the coastlandsאִיֵּיiye
coast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “iye” appears- of Elishahאֱלִישָׁהelisha
Elishah
Elishah, a son of Javan; a people of the Mediterranean coasts.
Where else “elisha” appears- your awningמְכַסֵּmechase
covering
What covers: an awning, a garment, the worms covering a body; in Leviticus 9:19, the fat that wraps the inner parts.
Where else “mechase” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
6Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; your planking they made of ivory set in boxwood from the coastlands of Kittim.
7 · This verse (above)
8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your wise men, Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.