Zechariah 9:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For Tyreצֹ֛ר
(tzor)
6865: a Phoenician cityof foreign origin
builtוַתִּ֥בֶן
(vat·ti·ven)
1129: to builda prim. root
herself a fortressמָצֹ֖ור
(ma·tzo·vr)
4692: siege enclosure, siege, entrenchmentfrom tsur
And piledוַתִּצְבָּר־
(vat·titz·bar-)
6651: to heap upa prim. root
up silverכֶּ֙סֶף֙
(ke·sef)
3701: silver, moneyfrom kasaph
like dust,כֶּֽעָפָ֔ר
(ke·'a·far,)
6083: dry earth, dustfrom an unused word
And goldוְחָר֖וּץ
(ve·cha·rutz)
2742d: goldfrom an unused word
like the mireכְּטִ֥יט
(ke·tit)
2916: mud, mire, clayof uncertain derivation
of the streets.חוּצֹֽות׃
(chu·tzo·vt.)
2351: the outside, a streetof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
And Tyrus
Tsor  (tsore)
a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine -- Tyre, Tyrus.
did build
banah  (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
herself a strong hold
matsowr  (maw-tsore')
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
and heaped up
tsabar  (tsaw-bar')
to aggregate -- gather (together), heap (up), lay up.
silver
keceph  (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
as the dust
`aphar  (aw-fawr')
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
and fine gold
charuwts  (khaw-roots')
decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
as the mire
tiyt  (teet)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity -- clay, dirt, mire.
of the streets
chuwts  (khoots)
abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For Tyre built herself a fortress And piled up silver like dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.

King James Bible
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the streets.

International Standard Version
"Tyre built itself a fortification, hoarding silver like dust and pure gold like mud in a street.

NET Bible
Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Tyre built itself a fortress. It piled up silver like dust and gold like mud in the streets.

King James 2000 Bible
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
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