“Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.”
Your rowers were from Sidon and Arvad; your skilled men, O Tyre, were aboard as your oarsmen; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to barter for your wares, introducing the human element: the sailors and merchants whose labor and skill made Tyre's maritime commerce possible. The enumeration of maritime peoples—Sidonians, Arvadites—demonstrates that Tyre's greatness depended on drawing together the talents of multiple nations. The phrase 'all the ships...were in you to barter' suggests that Tyre functioned as the central hub of maritime trade, where goods and peoples converged.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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