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Ezekiel 27:34

In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

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עֵ֛תetwhenעֵתnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “when”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.נִשְׁבֶּ֥רֶתnishberetbreakשָׁבַרverb, niphal, passive participle, absolute — “break”, a verb used as a describing wordH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).מִיַּמִּ֖יםmiyamimfrom seaיָםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “from 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).בְּמַֽעֲמַקֵּיbemaamaqein deepמַעֲמָקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in deep”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4615a deepdeep, depth.מָ֑יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מַעֲרָבֵ֥ךְmaaravekhemarketמַעֲרָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “market”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4627traffic; by implication, mercantile goodsmarket, merchandise.וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).קְהָלֵ֖ךְqehalekheassemblyקָהָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “assembly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6951assemblage (usually concretely)assembly, company, congregation, multitude.בְּתוֹכֵ֥ךְbetokhekhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “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).נָפָֽלוּnafalvfallנָפַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now that thou art broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, and thy merchandise and all thy company are fallen in the midst of thee,

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American Standard Version (1901)

In the time that thou wast broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company did fall in the midst of thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

The time of [thy] being broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, Thy merchandise and all thy assembly in thy midst have fallen.

World English Bible

In the time that you were broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell within you.

Darby Translation

In the time [when] thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen.

Douay-Rheims

Now thou art destroyed by the sea, thy riches are in the bottom of the waters, and all the multitude that was in the midst of thee is fallen.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now that thou art broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, and thy merchandise and all thy company are fallen in the midst of thee,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now art thou broken in the sea, thy traders are in the deep water, and all thy company in the midst of thee: all thy rowers have fallen.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νῦν συνετρίβης ἐν θαλάσσῃ, ἐν βάθει ὕδατος ὁ σύμμικτός σου, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγή σου ἐν μέσῳ σου· ἔπεσον πάντες οἱ κωπηλάται σου.