The Meaning of Ezekiel 27:22 Explained

Ezekiel 27:22

KJV: The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

YLT: Merchants of Sheba and Raamah -- they are thy merchants, For the chief of all spices, And for every precious stone, and gold, They have given out thy remnants.

Darby: The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.

ASV: The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The merchants  of Sheba  and Raamah,  they [were] thy merchants:  they occupied  in thy fairs  with chief  of all spices,  and with all precious  stones,  and gold. 

What does Ezekiel 27:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 27

1  The riches and commerce of Tyrus
26  The great and irrecoverable fall thereof

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 27:22 mean?

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants choicest all the spices and all [kinds] of stones precious and gold they traded for your wares
רֹכְלֵ֤י שְׁבָא֙ וְרַעְמָ֔ה הֵ֖מָּה רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ בְּרֹ֨אשׁ כָּל־ בֹּ֜שֶׂם וּבְכָל־ אֶ֤בֶן יְקָרָה֙ וְזָהָ֔ב נָתְנ֖וּ עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ

רֹכְלֵ֤י  The  merchants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: רָכַל  
Sense: to go about (meaning dubious).
שְׁבָא֙  of  Sheba 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁבָא  
Sense: son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth.
וְרַעְמָ֔ה  and  Raamah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רַעְמָה 
Sense: son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan.
רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ  your  merchants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: רָכַל  
Sense: to go about (meaning dubious).
בְּרֹ֨אשׁ  choicest 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
בֹּ֜שֶׂם  the  spices 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּשֶׂם  
Sense: spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume.
וּבְכָל־  and  all  [kinds] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֶ֤בֶן  of  stones 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
יְקָרָה֙  precious 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: יְקִפָּאֹון 
Sense: valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid.
וְזָהָ֔ב  and  gold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
נָתְנ֖וּ  they  traded 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ  for  your  wares 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: עִזְבֹונִים  
Sense: wares, goods.