Study it in the app“Be ashamed, Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor nor given birth, nor have I raised young men nor brought up virgins.””
Be ashamed,בּוֹשִׁיSidon,צִידוֹןforכִּיthe seaיָםhas spoken,אָמַרthe strongholdמָעוֹזof the sea,הַיָּםsaying:לֵאמֹר“I have notלֹאbeen in laborחַלְתִּיnorוְלֹאgiven birth,יָלַדְתִּיnorוְלֹאhave I raisedגִדַּלְתִּיyoung menבַּחוּרִיםnor brought upרוֹמַמְתִּיvirgins.”בְתוּלוֹת
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “boshi” appearsSidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsstronghold
A strong place where someone defends himself or takes refuge.
Where else “maoz” appearsgive birth
To bring a child into the world, or come into the world.
Where else “chalti” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaladti” appearsgrow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “gidalti” appearsyoung man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachurim” appearslift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “romamti” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “vetulot” appearsSidon
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).
3And on many waters was the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, its revenue; and it was the marketplace of nations.
4 · This verse (above)
5When the report comes to Egypt, they will writhe at the report of Tyre.
