Ezekiel

Ezekiel 27:32

³²As they wail and mourn over you,

they will take up a lament for you:

‘Who was ever like Tyre,

silenced in the middle of the sea?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As they wail	בְּנִיהֶם֙	bə·nî·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5204 wailing
and mourn	וְקוֹנְנ֖וּ	wə·qō·wn·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H6969 strike a musical note, chant, wail
over you	עָלָ֑יִךְ	‘ā·lā·yiḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H5921 height
they will take up	וְנָשְׂא֨וּ	wə·nā·śə·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
a lament	קִינָ֔ה	qî·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7015 elegy, dirge
for you	אֵלַ֤יִךְ	’ê·la·yiḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H413 motion to
Who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
was ever like Tyre	כְצ֔וֹר	ḵə·ṣō·wr	Preposition-k; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6865 Tyre
silenced	כְּדֻמָ֖ה	kə·ḏu·māh	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular	H1822 one silenced, brought to silence (?; destroyed?)
in the middle	בְּת֥וֹךְ	bə·ṯō·wḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8432 midst
of the sea	הַיָּֽם׃	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.