The Meaning of Ezekiel 27:11 Explained

Ezekiel 27:11

KJV: The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

YLT: The sons of Arvad, and thy force, Are on thy walls round about, And short swordsmen in thy towers have been, Their shields they have hung up on thy walls round about, They -- they have perfected thy beauty.

Darby: The children of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were on thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect.

ASV: The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and valorous men were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The men  of Arvad  with thine army  [were] upon thy walls  round about,  and the Gammadims  were in thy towers:  they hanged  their shields  upon thy walls  round about;  they have made  thy beauty  perfect. 

What does Ezekiel 27:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 27

1  The riches and commerce of Tyrus
26  The great and irrecoverable fall thereof

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 27:11 mean?

Men of Arvad and with your army [were] on your walls [all] around and the [men] of Gammadites in your towers Were their shields they hung on [all] around they made perfect your beauty
בְּנֵ֧י אַרְוַ֣ד וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ עַל־ חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ הָי֑וּ שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם תִּלּ֤וּ עַל־ סָבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כָּלְל֥וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ

בְּנֵ֧י  Men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַרְוַ֣ד  of  Arvad 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַרְוָד  
Sense: a city-island near Sidon.
וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ  and  with  your  army 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
עַל־  [were]  on 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙  your  walls 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: חֹומָה  
Sense: wall.
סָבִ֔יב  [all]  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים  and  the  [men]  of  Gammadites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: גַּמָּדִים  
Sense: brave men, warriors, valorous men.
בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ  in  your  towers 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: מִגְדָּל  
Sense: tower.
שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם  their  shields 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: שֶׁלֶט  
Sense: shield.
תִּלּ֤וּ  they  hung 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: תָּלָה  
Sense: to hang.
סָבִ֔יב  [all]  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
כָּלְל֥וּ  made  perfect 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּלַל  
Sense: to complete, perfect, make complete, make perfect.
יָפְיֵֽךְ  your  beauty 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: יֳפִי  
Sense: beauty.

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