Ezekiel 27:4 Go deeper
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Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. (KJV)
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בְּלֵ֥בbe.Lev[were] in [the] heart of
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:4 word 1
יַמִּ֖יםya.Mim[the] seas
Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: sea
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:4 word 2
גְּבוּלָ֑יִךְge.vu.La.yikhterritories your
Lemma: גְּבוּל (ge.vul) · Strong's: H1366G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: border: boundary
Used 149 times. Also: Exodus 23:31, Exodus 34:24, Numbers 20:23, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1366G; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:4 word 3
בֹּנַ֕יִךְbo.Na.yikhbuilders your
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:4 word 4
כָּלְל֖וּka.Luthey perfected
Lemma: כָּלַל (ka.lal) · Strong's: H3634
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to perfect
Used 2 times. Also: Ezekiel 27:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3634; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:4 word 5
יָפְיֵֽךְ\׃ya.fe.Yekhbeauty your
Lemma: יֳפִי (yo.phi) · Strong's: H3308
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: beauty
Used 19 times. Also: Esther 1:11, Psalms 45:11, Psalms 50:2, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 31:30, Isaiah 3:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3308; TAHOT Ezekiel 27:4 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Your borders | → | גְּבוּל H1366G border: boundary |
| are in the heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| of the seas | → | יָם H3220G sea |
| your builders | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| perfected | → | כָּלַל H3634 to perfect |
| your beauty | → | יֳפִי H3308 beauty |
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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