Study it in the app““Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army perform a great labor against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; and there was no wage for him or for his army from Tyre for the labor that he labored against her.”
“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלmadeהֶעֱבִידhis armyחֵילוֹperformהֶעֱבִידa greatגְדֹלָהlaborעֲבֹדָהagainst Tyre;אֶל צֹרeveryכָּלheadרֹאשׁwas made baldמֻקְרָחand everyוְכָלshoulderכָּתֵףrubbed bare;מְרוּטָהand there was noוְ לֹא הָיָהwageשָׂכָרfor himלוֹor for his armyוּלְחֵילוֹfrom Tyreמִצֹּרfor the laborעַל הָעֲבֹדָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe laboredעָבַדagainst her.עָלֶיהָ
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsenslave
To make others serve, enslave.
Where else “heevid” appearsarmy
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsbondage
Work imposed by another, or the hard burden of one who does it as a slave.
Where else “avoda” appearsTyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsshave (the head)
Shave the head, as a sign of mourning.
Where else “mukrach” appearsshoulder
The part of the body between neck and arm, where loads are carried.
Where else “katef” appearspull out hair
To pull out someone's hair or beard, as a gesture of grief or humiliation.
Where else “meruta” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearswages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sachar” appears1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
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).
17And it came about in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
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19Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am giving to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the land of Egypt; and he will carry off her multitude and take her spoil and plunder her booty, and it will be the wage for his army.
