The Meaning of Ezekiel 27:30 Explained

Ezekiel 27:30

KJV: And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

YLT: And have sounded for thee with their voice, And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, In ashes they do roll themselves.

Darby: and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.

ASV: and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And shall cause their voice  to be heard  against thee, and shall cry  bitterly,  and shall cast up  dust  upon their heads,  they shall wallow  themselves in the ashes: 

What does Ezekiel 27:30 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 27:30 mean?

And they will make heard because of you their voice and they will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads in ashes they will roll about
וְהִשְׁמִ֤יעוּ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ בְּקוֹלָ֔ם וְיִזְעֲק֖וּ מָרָ֑ה וְיַעֲל֤וּ עָֽפָר֙ עַל־ רָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם בָּאֵ֖פֶר יִתְפַּלָּֽשׁוּ

וְהִשְׁמִ֤יעוּ  And  they  will  make  heard 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙  because  of  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
בְּקוֹלָ֔ם  their  voice 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
וְיִזְעֲק֖וּ  and  they  will  cry 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: זָעַק  
Sense: to cry, cry out, call, call for help.
מָרָ֑ה  bitterly 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: מַר 
Sense: bitter, bitterness.
וְיַעֲל֤וּ  and  cast 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עָֽפָר֙  dust 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָפָר  
Sense: dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish.
רָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם  their  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
בָּאֵ֖פֶר  in  ashes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵפֶר  
Sense: ashes.
יִתְפַּלָּֽשׁוּ  they  will  roll  about 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: פָּלַשׁ  
Sense: to roll.