Ezekiel 27:32
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
קִינָה
qîynâh
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
סָפַד
çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
Key Terms in This Verse
סָפַד çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Study H5594 →קִינָה qîynâh
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
Study H7015 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, ...
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach i...
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
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