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Ezekiel 27:13

In Ezekiel 27 of Ezekiel.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

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יָוָ֤ןyavanJavanיָוָןnoun, proper name — “Javan”H3120Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in ArabiaJavan.תֻּבַל֙tuvalTubalתּוּבַלnoun, proper name — “Tubal”H8422Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterityTubal.וָמֶ֔שֶׁךְvameshekhand Mesechמֶשֶׁךְconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Mesech”H4902Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from himMesech, Meshech.הֵ֖מָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.רֹֽכְלָ֑יִךְrokhelayikhmerchantרָכַלverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “merchant”, a verb used as a describing wordH7402to travel for trading(spice) merchant.בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁbenefeshin creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…אָדָם֙adampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.וּכְלֵ֣יukheleand vesselכְּלִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and vessel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3627something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] w…נְחֹ֔שֶׁתnechoshetcopperנְחֹשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “copper”, the ordinary formH5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.נָתְנ֖וּnatenvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…מַעֲרָבֵֽךְmaaravekhemarketמַעֲרָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “market”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4627traffic; by implication, mercantile goodsmarket, merchandise.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

Young’s Literal Translation

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech — they [are] thy merchants, For persons of men, and vessels of brass, They have given out thy merchandise.

World English Bible

“‘“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.

Darby Translation

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.

Douay-Rheims

Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy merchants: they brought to thy people slaves and vessels of brass.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Greece, both the whole world , and the adjacent coasts, these traded with thee in the persons of men, and they gave as thy merchandise vessels of brass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ Ἑλλὰς, καὶ ἡ σύμπασα, καὶ τὰ παρατείνοντα, οὗτοι ἐνεπορεύοντό σοι ἐν ψυχαῖς ἀνθρώπων, καὶ σκεύη χαλκᾶ ἔδωκαν τὴν ἐμπορίαν σου.

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