Ezekiel 27:13 Go deeper
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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. (KJV)
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יָוָ֤ןya.VanJavan
Lemma: יָוָן (ya.van) · Strong's: H3120H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Greece
Used 7 times. Also: Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:19, Daniel 8:21, Daniel 10:20, Daniel 11:2, Zechariah 9:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3120H; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 1
תֻּבַל֙tu.ValTubal
Lemma: תּוּבַל (tu.val) · Strong's: H8422H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Tubal
Used 5 times. Also: Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3, Ezekiel 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8422H; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 2
וָמֶ֔שֶׁךְva.Me.shekhand Meshech
Lemma: מֶ֫שֶׁךְ (me.shekh) · Strong's: H4902H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Meshech
Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 120:5, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3, Ezekiel 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4902H; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 3
הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahthey
Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)
Meaning: they(masc.)
Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 4
רֹֽכְלָ֑יִךְro.khe.La.yikh[were] traders your
Lemma: רָכַל (ra.khal) · Strong's: H7402
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to trade
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 10:15, Nehemiah 3:31, Nehemiah 3:32, Nehemiah 13:20, Song of Solomon 3:6, Ezekiel 17:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7402; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 5
בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshfor [the] life of
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: life
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 6
אָדָם֙'a.Damhuman[s]
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 7
וּכְלֵ֣יu.khe.Leiand vessels of
Lemma: כְּלִי (ke.li) · Strong's: H3627
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: article/utensil
Used 325 times. Also: Genesis 24:53, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 43:11, Genesis 45:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3627; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 8
נְחֹ֔שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronze
Lemma: נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) · Strong's: H5178A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: bronze
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Exodus 25:3, Exodus 26:11, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 27:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5178A; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 9
נָתְנ֖וּna.te.Nuthey exchanged
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 10
מַעֲרָבֵֽךְ\׃ma.'a.ra.Vekhmerchandise your
Lemma: מַעֲרָב (ma.a.rav) · Strong's: H4627
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: merchandise
Used 9 times. Also: Ezekiel 27:9, Ezekiel 27:17, Ezekiel 27:19, Ezekiel 27:25, Ezekiel 27:27, Ezekiel 27:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4627; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:13 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Javan | → | יָוָן H3120H Greece |
| Tubal | → | תּוּבַל H8422H Tubal |
| and Meshech | → | מֶ֫שֶׁךְ H4902H Meshech |
| . . . | → | הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.) |
| were your merchants | → | רָכַל H7402 to trade |
| They exchanged | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| slaves | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life |
| . . . | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| and bronze | → | נְחֹ֫שֶׁת H5178A bronze |
| utensils | → | כְּלִי H3627 article/utensil |
| for your merchandise | → | מַעֲרָב H4627 merchandise |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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