The Meaning of Ezekiel 27:23 Explained

Ezekiel 27:23

KJV: Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

YLT: Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur -- Chilmad -- are thy merchants,

Darby: Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:

ASV: Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were thy traffickers.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Haran,  and Canneh,  and Eden,  the merchants  of Sheba,  Asshur,  [and] Chilmad,  [were] thy merchants. 

What does Ezekiel 27:23 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 27:23 mean?

Haran and Canneh and Eden the merchants of Sheba Assyria [and] Chilmad [were] your merchants
חָרָ֤ן וְכַנֵּה֙ וָעֶ֔דֶן רֹכְלֵ֖י שְׁבָ֑א אַשּׁ֖וּר כִּלְמַ֥ד רֹכַלְתֵּֽךְ

חָרָ֤ן  Haran 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָרָן 
Sense: a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah.
וְכַנֵּה֙  and  Canneh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כַּנֵּה  
Sense: a city apparently in Mesopotamia.
וָעֶ֔דֶן  and  Eden 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֶדֶן  
Sense: a place conquered by Assyria; probably located in the northwest of Mesopotamia.
רֹכְלֵ֖י  the  merchants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: רָכַל  
Sense: to go about (meaning dubious).
שְׁבָ֑א  of  Sheba 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁבָא  
Sense: son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth.
אַשּׁ֖וּר  Assyria 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַשּׁוּר  
Sense: the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians.
כִּלְמַ֥ד  [and]  Chilmad 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כִּלְמַד  
Sense: a city of Assyria mentioned in conjunction with Sheba and Asshur.
רֹכַלְתֵּֽךְ  [were]  your  merchants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: רָכַל  
Sense: to go about (meaning dubious).