Ezekiel 27:11

Ezekiel 27:11 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Men of Arvad and Helek guarded your walls on every side; men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they brought your beauty to perfection.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers; They hung their shields on your walls all around; They made your beauty perfect.

Context of Ezekiel 27:11

9Leaders from Gebal went with you. They brought men who knew how to mend the ship. Sailors of ships from many countries came to buy things from you. 10There were brave soldiers from Persia, Lydia and Libya in your army. They hung their shields and their helmets on your walls. They caused people to give you honour. Men from Arvad and Helech were guards who stood on your walls. Soldiers from Gammad were in your strong towers. They hung their weapons on your walls. They made you look very beautiful. 12You had many valuable things to sell. So traders came from Tarshish to buy things from you. They brought silver and other good metals to pay for those things. 13Traders from Greece, Tubal and Meshech also came to buy things from you. They paid you with slaves and with things made of bronze.

Ezekiel 27:11 word by word

בְּנֵ֧י אַרְוַ֣ד וְחֵילֵ֗ךְ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְגַ֨מָּדִ֔ים בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ הָי֑וּ שִׁלְטֵיהֶ֞ם תִּלּ֤וּ עַל־חוֹמוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ סָבִ֔יב הֵ֖מָּה כָּלְל֥וּ יָפְיֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The menבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Arvadאַרְוַד'arvad · ArvadH719
• with thine armyחֵילֵךְchayil · HelechH2428
• upon thy wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• and the Gammadimsגַּמָּדִיםgammâd · GamaddimH1575
• were in thy towersמִגְדָּלmigdâl migdâlâh · towerH4026
• they hangedתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
• their shieldsשֶׁ֫לֶטsheleţ · shieldH7982
• they have madeכָּלַלkâlal · to perfectH3634
• thy beautyיֳפִיyŏphîy · beautyH3308

Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:11

• Ezekiel 27:8Men from Sidon and Arvad used the oars to move the ship. Your own clever men from Tyre were your sailors.
• Ezekiel 27:3Tyre is a city on the coast of the sea. From there, traders go across the sea to sell things to people in many other countries. This is what the Almighty Lord says to Tyre: “Tyre, you say that you are completely beautiful.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The Gammadims were in thy towers - Some think these were a people of Phoenicia; others, that tutelar images are meant; others, that the word expresses strong men, Who acted as guards. The Vulgate reads Pygmaei, the pygmies, who were fabled to be a little people of a cubit in height, from גמד gomed . a cubit; and are told that this little people were celebrated for their wars with the cranes; but nothing of this kind can enter into this description…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Helech is another name for Cilicia. This region was around Tarsus on the northeast shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The exact location of Gammad is not certain. It may have been in northern Syria.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Gammadims--rather, as the Tyrians were Syro-Phoenicians, from a Syriac root, meaning daring, "men of daring" [Ludovicus De Dieu]. It is not likely the keeping of watch "in the towers" would have been entrusted to foreigners. Others take it from a Hebrew root, "a dagger," or short sword (Jud 3:16), "short-swordsmen."Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 27:11

• Arvad
• Arvadites
• Gammadim

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Fairs
• Gammadim
• Hiss
• Occupy
• Trade
• Arvad; Arvadites
• Commerce
• Crafts
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings