Ezekiel Chapter 27 verse 5 Holy Bible
They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.
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They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.
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They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
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They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
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They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Fir trees of Senti. The name appears in Deuteronomy 3:9 and Song of Solomon 4:8 as Shenir; in 1 Chronicles 5:23 it is spelt as here. From Deuteronomy 3:9 we learn that it was the Amorite name for Hermon, as Sirion was the Sidonian name. In 1 Kings 5:10 Hiram King of Tyro appears as supplying Solomon with the fir and cedar timber mentioned here for the erection of his palace, the house of the forest of Lebanon (1 Kings 7:2). The fir tree was more commonly used for ships, the cedar for houses (Virgil, 'Georg.,' 2:444). The Hebrew for "boards" is unique in its form as a plural with a dual form superadded to indicate that each plank had its counterpart on the other side of the ship.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Ship boards.--Planking for the sides of the ship. The word in the original is in the dual, with reference to its two sides. Senir was the Amorite name of Hermon, or Antilebanon, called by the Sido-nians Sirion (Deuteronomy 3:9). Ezekiel wished to use a foreign name, and the latter may at this time have become obsolete. The timber brought thence for the ship's planking, and called fir, was the same with that furnished by Hiram to Solomon for the floor of the Temple (1Kings 6:15), and may have been either "fir" (spruce?) or cypress. The Scripture names of trees are not always well identified. Both were esteemed among the ancients for ship-building, especially the cypress, on account of its lightness, durability, and freedom from the attacks of worms.
