King James Version

Isaiah 23:3

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

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וּבְמַ֤יִםuvemayimand in waterמַיִםconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and in water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).רַבִּים֙rabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…זֶ֣רַעzeraseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.שִׁחֹ֔רshichorShihorשִׁיחוֹרnoun, proper name — “Shihor”H7883Shichor, a stream of EgyptShihor, Sihor.קְצִ֥ירqetsirharvestקָצִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “harvest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7105severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)bough, branch, harvest (man).יְא֖וֹרyeorriverיְאֹרnoun, proper name — “river”H2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.תְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּtevuatahfruitתְּבוּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8393income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)fruit, gain, increase, revenue.וַתְּהִ֖יvathiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.סְחַ֥רsecharmartסָחַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “mart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5505an emporium; abstractly, profit (from trade)mart, merchandise.גּוֹיִֽםgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

Young’s Literal Translation

And in many waters [is] the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook [is] her increase, And she is a mart of nations.

World English Bible

On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.

Darby Translation

And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.

Douay-Rheims

The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, so are these traders with the nations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐν ὕδατι πολλῷ, σπέρμα μετάβολων; ὡς ἀμητοῦ εἰσφερομένου, οἱ μεταβόλοι τῶν ἐθνῶν.