The Meaning of Ezekiel 27:4 Explained

Ezekiel 27:4

KJV: Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

YLT: In the heart of the seas are thy borders, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Darby: Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

ASV: Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thy borders  [are] in the midst  of the seas,  thy builders  have perfected  thy beauty. 

What does Ezekiel 27:4 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Ezekiel described Tyre as a large, beautiful merchant ship. [1] He used this figure to portray Tyre"s pride and her prominence and dominance as a maritime power.
"The earliest Phoenician ships each had50 oarsmen and were quite fast. The later commercial ships were much longer and had a crew of up to200 with two or three banks of oars on each side." [2]
The limits of this "ship of state" were those of the sea itself, and its builders had made it into a magnificent enterprise. The materials that had gone into its construction had been of the finest quality.

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 27:4 mean?

In the midst of the seas Your borders [are] Your builders have perfected your beauty
בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּ֖ים גְּבוּלָ֑יִךְ בֹּנַ֕יִךְ כָּלְל֖וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ

בְּלֵ֥ב  In  the  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
יַמִּ֖ים  of  the  seas 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
גְּבוּלָ֑יִךְ  Your  borders  [are] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
בֹּנַ֕יִךְ  Your  builders 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
כָּלְל֖וּ  have  perfected 
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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