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Ezekiel is instructed here to recite a dirge (<\/span>kinah<\/span><\/i>) over Tyre, which had proclaimed itself the heir to Jerusalem by assuming the title of \u201cperfect beauty\u201d (<\/span>kelilat yofi<\/span><\/i>, v.2) that had previously been borne by Jerusalem (see Lamentations 2:15). The dirge goes on to extol the beauty of Tyrene ships that were constructed of materials from near and far.<\/span><\/p>\n

From cypress trees of Senir [another name for Mt. Hermon, cf. Dt. 3:9] they fashioned your planks; they took a cedar from [Mount] Lebanon to make a mast for you. From oak trees of Bashan [the Gilead] they made your oars; of boxwood from the isles of Kittim [Cyprus], inlaid with ivory, they made your deck[s]. Embroidered linen from Egypt was the cloth that served you for sails; of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [the Aegean Isles] were your awnings. (5-6-7)<\/span><\/p>\n

An interesting difference of opinion arose apropos of the word <\/span>karshekh<\/span><\/i> (6), translated here as \u201cyour decks,\u201d while Moshe Greenberg rendered it as \u201cyour planking\u201d (Anchor Bible: <\/span>Ezekiel<\/span><\/i>. 545). Robert Alter also translated it as \u201cyour planks\u201d (<\/span>The Hebrew Bible; Prophets<\/span><\/i>, 1131), noting that the detailed description \u201crepresents the ships as not merely utilitarian vessels but as extravagantly luxurious constructions\u201d (ibid.).<\/span><\/p>\n

Rashi, on the other hand, translated it into the Old French \u201c<\/span>gouvernail<\/span><\/i>\u201d meaning a rudder. Eliezer of Beaugency rejected that translation on the grounds that rudders are submerged beneath the water and it would serve no purpose to inlay them with ivory. He preferred to identify it with deckhouses or cabins, which is also Radak\u2019s preference. Malbim, however, appears to have had the last word, pointing out that the Hebrew <\/span>karshekh<\/span><\/i> is singular and therefore can apply only to a rudder, which, unlike decks, planks, and cabins, is constructed of but a single piece of wood.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":74612,"id":74612,"title":"ez27-ship","filename":"ez27-ship.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ez27-ship.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/tyres-extravagant-nautical-beauty\/ez27-ship\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"ez27-ship","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":74611,"date":"2020-05-12 14:27:13","modified":"2020-05-12 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