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And Tyreוַ צֹרbuiltתִּבֶןa bulwarkמָצוֹרfor herself,לָהּand heaped upוַתִּצְבָּרsilverכֶּסֶףlike dust,כֶּעָפָרand goldוְחָרוּץlike the mudכְּטִיטof the streets.חוּצוֹת
Zechariah 9:3
Study it in the app“And Tyre built a bulwark for herself, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Zechariah 9:3, word by word
- And Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- builtתִּבֶןtiven
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tiven” appears- a bulwarkמָצוֹרmatsor
fortress
A city with walls and defenses, that withstands attacks.
Where else “matsor” appears- and heaped upתִּצְבָּרtitsbar
heap up, store
Heap up, pile up, store.
Where else “titsbar” appears- silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- like dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- and goldחָרוּץcharuts
gold
A precious yellow metal of great value.
Where else “charuts” appears- like the mudטִיטtit
mud, clay
Mud, clay; the mire of the streets or of the bottom of a pit. Also the potter's clay.
Where else “tit” appears- of the streetsחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears
Translation note
A wordplay in Hebrew: Tyre (Tsor) built herself a bulwark (matsor).
Places in this verse
Tyre
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
2And also Hamath, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though she is very wise.
3 · This verse (above)
4Look, Adonai will dispossess her, and strike her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.