Ezekiel 27:15 Go deeper
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The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. (KJV)
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בְּנֵ֤יbe.Nei[the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 1
דְדָן֙de.DanDedan
Lemma: דְּדָן (de.dan) · Strong's: H1719A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Dedan
Used 6 times. Also: Jeremiah 25:23, Jeremiah 49:8, Ezekiel 25:13, Ezekiel 27:20, Ezekiel 38:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1719A; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 2
רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְro.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 27:15 word 3
אִיִּ֥ים'i.Yimislands
Lemma: אִי (i) · Strong's: H0339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: coastland
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Esther 10:1, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 97:1, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 20:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0339; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 4
רַבִּ֖יםra.Bimmany
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 5
סְחֹרַ֣תse.cho.Rat[were] [the] merchandise of
Lemma: סְחֹרָה (se.cho.rah) · Strong's: H5506
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: merchandise
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5506; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 6
יָדֵ֑ךְya.Dekhhand your
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: themselves
Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Genesis 43:12, Genesis 43:21, Genesis 43:22, Exodus 32:4, Leviticus 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027I; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 7
קַרְנ֥וֹתkar.Nothorns of
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶן (qe.ren) · Strong's: H7161A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: horn
Used 75 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 29:12, Exodus 30:2, Exodus 30:3, Exodus 30:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7161A; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 8
שֵׁן֙shenivory
Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: tooth: ivory
Used 10 times. Also: 1 Kings 10:18, 1 Kings 22:39, 2 Chronicles 9:17, Psalms 45:8, Song of Solomon 5:14, Song of Solomon 7:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8127H; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 9
הֵשִׁ֖יבוּhe.Shi.vuthey brought
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 10
אֶשְׁכָּרֵֽךְ\׃'esh.ka.Rekhtribute your
Lemma: אֶשְׁכָּר (esh.kar) · Strong's: H0814
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: gift
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 72:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0814; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:15 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The men | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Dedan | → | דְּדָן H1719A Dedan |
| [were] your clients | → | רָכַל H7402 to trade |
| many | → | רַב H7227A many |
| coastlands | → | אִי H0339 coastland |
| were your market | → | סְחֹרָה H5506 merchandise |
| . . . | → | יָד H3027I hand: themselves |
| they paid you with | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| . . . | → | אֶשְׁכָּר H0814 gift |
| ivory | → | שֵׁן H8127H tooth: ivory |
| tusks | → | קֶ֫רֶן H7161A horn |
| and ebony | → | H1894 |
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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