Isaiah 23:3
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The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.

Sihor

1 Chronicles 13:5 So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from Cariathiarim.

Jeremiah 2:18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

the harvest

Isaiah 32:20 Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.

Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, which thou goest to possess, is not like the land of Egypt, from whence thou camest out, where, when the seed is sown, waters are brought in to water it after the manner of gardens.

she is

Isaiah 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth?

Ezekiel 27:33 Which by thy merchandise that went from thee by sea didst fill many people: which by the multitude of thy riches, and of thy people didst enrich the kings of the earth.

Ezekiel 28:4 In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold an silver into thy treasures.

Joel 3:5 For you have taken away my silver, and my gold: and my desirable, and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples.

Revelation 18:11-13 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their merchandise any more. . . .

Context
The Fall of Tyre
2Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee. 3The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.4Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.…
Cross References
Joshua 13:3
From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, unto the border of Accaron northward: the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, and the Accronites.

1 Chronicles 13:5
So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from Cariathiarim.

Isaiah 19:7
The channel of the river shall be laid bare from its fountain, and every thing sown by the water shall be dried up, it shall wither away, and shall be no more.

Jeremiah 2:18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

Ezekiel 27:3
And say to Tyre that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, being the mart of the people for many islands: Thus saith the Lord God: O Tyre, thou hast said: I am of perfect beauty,

Lexicon
On the great
רַבִּים֙ (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

waters
וּבְמַ֤יִם (ū·ḇə·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

came the grain
זֶ֣רַע (ze·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

of Shihor;
שִׁחֹ֔ר (ši·ḥōr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7883: Nile -- a stream on the border of Egypt

the harvest
קְצִ֥יר (qə·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

of the Nile
יְא֖וֹר (yə·’ō·wr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris

was the revenue of Tyre;
תְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּ (tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8393: Product, revenue

she was
וַתְּהִ֖י (wat·tə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the merchant
סְחַ֥ר (sə·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5505: An emporium, profit

of the nations.
גּוֹיִֽם׃ (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts


Additional Translations
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, so are these traders with the nations.

And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.

And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.

And in many waters is the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook is her increase, And she is a mart of nations.
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