Ezekiel 27:16
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The Syrian was thy merchant: by reason of the multitude of thy works, they set forth precious stories, and purple, and broidered works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod in thy market.

Syria

Genesis 10:22 The sons of Sem: Elam and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Aram

Genesis 28:5 And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bathuel, the Syrian, brother to Rebecca, his mother.

Judges 10:6 But the children of Israel, adding new sins to their old ones, did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served idols, Baalim and Astaroth, and the gods of Syria, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines: and they left the Lord, and did not serve him.

2 Samuel 8:5 And the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Adarezer the king of Soba: and David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 10:6 And the children of Ammon seeing that they had done an injury to David, sent and hired the Syrians of Rohob, and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelve thousand men.

2 Samuel 15:8 For thy servant made a vow, when he was in Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me again into Jerusalem, I will offer sacrifice to the Lord.

Isaiah 7:2 And they told the house of David, saying: Syria hath rested upon Ephraim, and his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

Context
A Lament for Tyre
15The men of Dedan were thy merchants: many islands were the traffic of thy hand, they exchanged for thy price teeth of ivory and ebony. 16The Syrian was thy merchant: by reason of the multitude of thy works, they set forth precious stories, and purple, and broidered works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod in thy market.17Juda and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants with the best corn: they set forth balm, and honey, and oil and rosin in thy fairs.…
Cross References
Judges 10:6
But the children of Israel, adding new sins to their old ones, did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served idols, Baalim and Astaroth, and the gods of Syria, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines: and they left the Lord, and did not serve him.

Isaiah 7:1
And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joathan, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, that Rasin king of Syria and Phacee the son of Romelia king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to fight against it: but they could not prevail over it.

Ezekiel 16:10
And I clothed thee with embroidery, and shod thee with violet coloured shoes: and I girded thee about with fine linen, and clothed thee with fine garments.

Ezekiel 16:13
And thou wast adorned with gold, and silver, and wast clothed with fine linen, and embroidered work, and many colours: thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil, and wast made exceeding beautiful: and wast advanced to be a queen.

Ezekiel 16:18
And thou tookest thy garments of divers colours, and coveredst them: and settest my oil and my sweet incense before them.

Ezekiel 16:57
Before thy malice was laid open: as it is at this time, making thee a reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all the daughters of Palestine round about thee, that encompass thee on all sides.

Ezekiel 28:13
Thou wast in the pleasures of the paradise of God: every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the jasper, the chrysolite, and the onyx, and the beryl, the sapphire, and the carbuncle, and the emerald: gold the work of thy beauty: and thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created.

Lexicon
Aram
אֲרָ֥ם (’ă·rām)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 758: Aram -- Syria

was your customer
סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ (sō·ḥar·têḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5503: To go around or about, travel about

because of the abundance
מֵרֹ֣ב (mê·rōḇ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

of your goods;
מַעֲשָׂ֑יִךְ (ma·‘ă·śā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

they exchanged
נָתְנ֖וּ (nā·ṯə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

turquoise,
בְּ֠נֹפֶךְ (bə·nō·p̄eḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5306: (a precious stone) perhaps emerald

purple,
אַרְגָּמָ֨ן (’ar·gā·mān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 713: Purple, red-purple

embroidery,
וְרִקְמָ֤ה (wə·riq·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7553: Variegation of color, embroidery

fine linen,
וּבוּץ֙ (ū·ḇūṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 948: Cotton

coral,
וְרָאמֹ֣ת (wə·rā·mōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7215: Something high in value, coral

and rubies
וְכַדְכֹּ֔ד (wə·ḵaḏ·kōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3539: (a precious stone) perhaps ruby

for your wares.
בְּעִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃ (bə·‘iz·ḇō·w·nā·yiḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5801: Trade, the place, the payment


Additional Translations
Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

even men as thy merchandise, from the multitude of thy trading population, myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished thy market.

Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.

Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handyworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

Aram is thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.
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