Ezekiel 27:5

5 Ils ont fait tes lambris en cyprès de Sénir; ils ont pris des cèdres du Liban pour te faire des mâts;

Ezekiel 27:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir
The same with Sion and Hermon, which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Amorites Shenir, ( Deuteronomy 3:9 ) ( 4:48 ) here, it seems, grew the best of fir trees, of which the Tyrians made boards and planks for shipping; of these the two sides of the ship, as the word ^F18 here used in the dual number is thought to signify, or the fore and hind decks, were made. The Targum is,

``with fir trees of Senir they built for thee all thy bridges;''

the planks from which they went from one ship to another; but these are of too small consequence to be mentioned; rather the main of the ship is intended, which was built of fir planks; but ours made of oak are much preferable: they have taken cedars from Lebanon, to make masts for thee;
large poles for the yards and sails to be fastened to, for receiving the wind necessary in navigation; called the main mast, the foremast, the mizzenmast, and the boltsprit; all these are only in large vessels; whether the Tyrians had all of these is not certain; some they had, and which were made of the cedars of Lebanon; which, being large tall trees, were fit for this purpose. The Tyrians ^F19 are said to be the first inventors of navigation.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Mytwxl) "tabulata duplicia", Munster; "duas tabulas", Vatablus.
F19 "Prima ratem ventis credere docta Tyros." Catullus.

Ezekiel 27:5 In-Context

3 Dis à Tyr: O toi qui es assise aux bords de la mer, qui fais le commerce avec les peuples dans des îles nombreuses, ainsi dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Tyr, tu as dit: Je suis d'une parfaite beauté.

4 Tes frontières sont au cœur des mers, ceux qui t'ont bâtie t'ont rendue d'une parfaite beauté;

5 Ils ont fait tes lambris en cyprès de Sénir; ils ont pris des cèdres du Liban pour te faire des mâts;

6 Ils ont fait tes rames de chênes de Bassan, tes bancs en ivoire enchâssé dans le buis des îles de Kittim.

7 Le fin lin d'Égypte, orné de broderie, te servait de voile et de pavillon; tu te couvrais de pourpre et d'écarlate des îles d'Élisha.