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Ezekiel 27:2

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

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וְאַתָּ֣הveatahand theeאַתָּהconjunction, pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.בֶןvensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אָדָ֔םadampersonאָדָםnoun, 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.שָׂ֥אsalift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “lift up”, a commandH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…צֹ֖רtsorTyreצֹרnoun, proper name — “Tyre”H6865Tsor, a place in PalestineTyre, Tyrus.קִינָֽהqinahlamentationקִינָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “lamentation”, the ordinary formH7015a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)lamentation.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:

World English Bible

“You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Darby Translation

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

Douay-Rheims

Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ σὺ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου λάβε ἐπὶ Σὸρ θρῆνον,