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The inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Sidonצִידוֹןand Arvadוְאַרְוַדwereהָיוּyour rowers;שָׁטִים לָךְyour wise men,חֲכָמַיִךְTyre,צוֹרwereהָיוּin you;בָךְtheyהֵמָּהwere your pilots.חֹבְלָיִךְ
Ezekiel 27:8
Study it in the app“The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your wise men, Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 27:8, word by word
- The inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Sidonצִידוֹןtsidon
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appears- and Arvadאַרְוַדarvad
Arvad
Arvad: a city on an island off the coast of Phoenicia.
Where else “arvad” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- your rowersשָׁטִיםshatim
rower
Those who work the oars to move a ship along.
Where else “shatim” appears- your wise menחֲכָמַיִchachamayi
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamayi” appears- Tyreצוֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- were your pilotsחֹבְלָיִchovlayi
sailor, captain
"Chobel": a sailor who handles the ropes; "the chief of the chobel" is the ship's captain.
Where else “chovlayi” appears
Places in this verse
1Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
2Tyre
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
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9The elders of Gebal and her wise men were in you, repairing your cracks; all the ships of the sea and their sailors were in you to carry on your exchange.