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Ezekiel 27:32

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?

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וְנָשְׂא֨וּvenasevand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and lift up”, a completed action in a sequenceH5375to 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…אֵלַ֤יִךְelayikhamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).בְּנִיהֶם֙benihemin wailingנִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in wailing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5204lamentationwailing.קִינָ֔הqinahlamentationקִינָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “lamentation”, the ordinary formH7015a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)lamentation.וְקוֹנְנ֖וּveqonenvand lamentקוּןconjunction, verb, polel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and lament”, a completed action in a sequenceH6969to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral)lament, mourning woman.עָלָ֑יִךְalayikhaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “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,…מִ֣יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.כְצ֔וֹרkhetsoras Tyreצֹרpreposition, noun, proper name — “as Tyre”H6865Tsor, a place in PalestineTyre, Tyrus.כְּדֻמָ֖הkedumahas destroyדֻּמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as destroy”, the ordinary formH1822desolation; concretely, desolatedestroy.בְּת֥וֹךְbetokhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).הַיָּֽםhayamthe seaיָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the sea”, the ordinary formH3220a 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 southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee: who was there like Tyre, fortified in the midst of the sea?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying , Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

Young’s Literal Translation

And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who [is] as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?

World English Bible

In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, ‘Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?’

Darby Translation

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying,] Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Douay-Rheims

And they shall take up a mournful song for thee, and snail lament thee: What city is like Tyre, which is become silent in the midst of the sea?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee: who was there like Tyre, fortified in the midst of the sea?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And their sons shall take up a lament for thee, even a lamentation for Sor, saying ,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λήψονται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ σὲ θρῆνον, θρήνημα Σόρ·