Ezekiel 27:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַלּוֹנִים֙ מִבָּשָׁ֔ן עָשׂ֖וּ מִשּׁוֹטָ֑יִךְ קַרְשֵׁ֤ךְ עָֽשׂוּ־שֵׁן֙ בַּת־אֲשֻׁרִ֔ים מֵאִיֵּ֖י כִּתִּיִּֽים׃

Transliteration

ʾallônîm from-Bāšān ʿāśû miššôṭāyik qaršēk ʿāśû-šēn bat-ʾăšurîm from-ʾiyyê Kittiyyîm

Grammar Details

*ʾallônîm*: masculine plural - oaks
*Bāšān*: proper noun - Bashan
*ʿāśû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they made
*miššôṭāyik*: masculine plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your oars
*qaršēk*: masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your deck/planking
*šēn*: feminine singular - ivory
*bat*: construct state, feminine singular - daughter of
*ʾăšurîm*: masculine plural - box trees/cypresses/ascenders
*ʾiyyê*: construct state, masculine plural - islands/coastlands of
*Kittiyyîm*: proper noun - Kittim (Cyprus/Mediterranean islands)

Word Meanings

*ʾallônîm*: oaks/oak trees
*miššôṭāyik*: your oars/rowing equipment
*qaršēk*: your deck/planking/bench
*bat-ʾăšurîm*: daughter of boxwood/cypress/inlaid in boxwood

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Referenced Verses

Gen 10:4 : 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Isa 2:13 : 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
Zech 11:2 : 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Jer 2:10 : 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Jer 22:20 : 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
Isa 23:12 : 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
Num 21:33 : 33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
Num 24:24 : 24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

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