Ezekiel 27:8
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The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots.

Zidon

Genesis 10:15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite,

Sidon

Genesis 49:13 Zabulon shall dwell on the seashore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.

Joshua 11:8 And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel. And they defeated them, and chased them as far as the great Sidon and the waters of Maserophot, and the field of Masphe, which is on the east thereof. He slew them all, so as to leave no remains of them:

Arvad

Ezekiel 27:11 The men of Arad were with thy army upon thy walls round about: the Pygmeans also that were in thy towers, hung up their quivers on thy walls round about: they perfected thy beauty.

Genesis 10:18 And the Aradian, the Samarite, and the Hamathite: and afterwards the families of the Chanaanites were spread abroad.

Isaiah 10:9 Are not my princes as so many kings? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Jeremiah 49:23 Against Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: for they have heard very bad tidings, they are troubled as in the sea: through care they could not rest.

wise

Ezekiel 27:28 Thy fleets shall be troubled at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

1 Kings 5:6 Give orders, therefore, that thy servants cut me down cedar trees, out of Libanus, and let my servants be with thy servants: and I will give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask: for thou knowest how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians.

1 Kings 9:27 And Hiram sent his servants in the fleet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

2 Chronicles 2:13,14 I therefore have sent thee my father Hiram, a wise and most skilful man, . . .

Context
A Lament for Tyre
7Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering. 8The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots.9The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners were thy factors.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:18
And the Aradian, the Samarite, and the Hamathite: and afterwards the families of the Chanaanites were spread abroad.

1 Kings 9:27
And Hiram sent his servants in the fleet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

1 Chronicles 1:16
And the Aradian, and the Samarite, and the Hamathite.

Ezekiel 27:11
The men of Arad were with thy army upon thy walls round about: the Pygmeans also that were in thy towers, hung up their quivers on thy walls round about: they perfected thy beauty.

Ezekiel 28:21
Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,

Lexicon
The men
יֹשְׁבֵ֤י (yō·šə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of Sidon
צִידוֹן֙ (ṣî·ḏō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6721: Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan

and Arvad
וְאַרְוַ֔ד (wə·’ar·waḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 719: Arvad -- a city of Phoenicia

were
הָי֥וּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

your oarsmen.
שָׁטִ֖ים (šā·ṭîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel

Your men of skill,
חֲכָמַ֤יִךְ (ḥă·ḵā·ma·yiḵ)
Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

O Tyre,
צוֹר֙ (ṣō·wr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6865: Tyre -- a Phoenician city

were [there]
הָ֣יוּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

as your captains.
חֹבְלָֽיִךְ׃ (ḥō·ḇə·lā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2259: A sailor


Additional Translations
The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Sor, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.

Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They are thy pilots.
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