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Be silent,דֹּמּוּinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the coastland,אִיthe merchantסֹחֵרof Sidon,צִידוֹןcrossingעֹבֵרthe sea,יָםfilled you.מִלְאוּךְ
Isaiah 23:2
Study it in the app“Be silent, inhabitants of the coastland, the merchant of Sidon, crossing the sea, filled you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:2, word by word
- Be silentדֹּמּוּdomu
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “domu” appears- inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of the coastlandאִיi
coast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “i” appears- the merchantסֹחֵרsocher
trade
To travel about selling; the seller.
Where else “socher” appears- of Sidonצִידוֹןtsidon
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appears- crossingעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- filled youמִלְאוּmilu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “milu” appears
Places in this verse
Sidon
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).
The context
1The burden of Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish, for it is devastated, without house, without entrance; from the land of Kittim it was revealed to them.
2 · This verse (above)
3And on many waters was the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, its revenue; and it was the marketplace of nations.