Ezekiel 27:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And all that handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽיָרְד֞וּ מֵאָנִיּֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּ֚ל תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָשׁ֔וֹט מַלָּחִ֕ים כֹּ֖ל חֹבְלֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יַעֲמֹֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

And-yārədû from-ʾŏniyyôtêhem all tōpəśê māšôṭ, mallāḥîm, all ḥōbəlê the-yām; to-the-ʾāreṣ yaʿămōdû

Grammar Details

*yārədû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they will come down
*ʾŏniyyôtêhem*: feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their ships
*tōpəśê*: construct state, masculine plural participle - handlers of
*māšôṭ*: masculine singular - oar
*mallāḥîm*: masculine plural - sailors
*ḥōbəlê*: construct state, masculine plural participle - pilots of
*yām*: masculine singular - sea
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular - land/earth
*yaʿămōdû*: qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will stand

Word Meanings

*yārədû*: they will come down/disembark/descend
*tōpəśê māšôṭ*: handlers of oar/oarsmen
*ḥōbəlê ha-yām*: pilots of the sea/mariners/captains

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 26:16 : 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Ezek 32:10 : 10 Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
Rev 18:17-24 : 17 for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off, 18 and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city] is like the great city? 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her. 21 And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no {G3361} more at all in thee; 23 and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.

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