Ezekiel 27:12
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. | Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares. | Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarshish | תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ | tar-SHISH | H8659H | Tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁ (tar.shish) § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" 1) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee perhaps in Cyprus or Spain 2) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail |
| [was] trader your | סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ | so-char-TEKH | H5503 | to tradeסָחַר (sa.char) 1) to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go about to and fro (in business) 1a2) trader, trafficker (participle) 1b) (Pilpel) to palpitate |
| from [the] abundance of | מֵרֹ֣ב | me-RO | H7230 | abundanceרֹב (rov) 1) multitude, abundance, greatness 1a) multitude 1a1) abundance, abundantly 1a2) numerous 1b) greatness |
| all | כָּל־ | kol- | H3605 | allכֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606) |
| wealth | ה֑וֹן | Hon | H1952 | substanceהוֹן (hon) 1) wealth, riches, substance 1a) wealth 1b) price, high value interj 2) enough!, sufficiency |
| for silver | בְּכֶ֤סֶף | be-KHE-sef | H3701G | silver: moneyכֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) : money/payment/silver 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents |
| iron | בַּרְזֶל֙ | bar-ZEL | H1270 | ironבַּרְזֶל (bar.zel) 1) iron 1a) iron 1a1) iron ore 1a2) as material of furniture, utensils, implements 2) tool of iron 3) harshness, strength, oppression (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: par.zel (פַּרְזֶל "iron" H6523) |
| tin | בְּדִ֣יל | be-DIL | H0913 | tinבְּדִיל (be.dil) 1) alloy, tin, dross 1a) of Israel (metaph.) |
| and lead | וְעוֹפֶ֔רֶת | ve-'o-FE-ret | H5777 | leadעֹפֶרֶת (o.phe.ret) lead |
| they exchanged | נָתְנ֖וּ | na-te-NU | H5414G | to give: giveנָתַן (na.tan) : give/deliver/send/produce 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted … |
| wares your | עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃ | iz-vo-NA-yikh | H5801 | wareעִזָּבוֹן (iz.za.von) wares, goods |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.