Ezequiel 27:11

11 'Los hijos de Arvad, con tu ejército, estaban en tus murallas todo alrededor, y los gamadeos estaban en tus torres. Colgaban sus escudos en tus murallas todo alrededor; ellos perfeccionaban tu hermosura.

Ezequiel 27:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:11

The men of Arvad, with thine army were upon thy walls round
about
Placed there for the defence of the city, to watch against an enemy, lest it should be surprised; here they were upon the patrol day and night; see ( Isaiah 62:6 ) , these were the men of the same place before mentioned, ( Ezekiel 27:8 ) which furnished Tyre both with mariners and soldiers: and the Gammadims were in thy towers:
not the Medes, as Symmachus renders it; nor the Cappadocians, as the Targum; much less were they images of their tutelar gods, as Spencer thinks, of a cubit long; nor "pygmies", as the Vulgate Latin version renders it; which to mention would not be to the honour of their militia; though Kimchi and Ben Melech call them dwarfs, men of a small stature, of a cubit high, from whence they are supposed to have their name; so Schindler F17: rather they were the inhabitants of some place in Phoenicia; either of Ancon; which in Greek signifies a cubit, as Gamad does in Hebrew; or of Gammade, the same which Pliny F18 corruptly calls Gamale. Hillerus F19 thinks the word signifies "ambidexters", or left handed men, such as Ehud: they hanged their shields upon thy walls roundabout.
Kimchi and Ben Melech observe it was a custom in some places to hang such weapons upon the tops of towers, and upon the walls of them; which might be done, either that they might be ready to take up and make use of, whenever occasion required; or to dismay their enemies, and to show them that they were provided for them: they have made thy beauty perfect;
besides the beauty of her buildings and shipping, there was the beauty of her militia; which was increased by the soldiers from Persia, Lydia, and Lybia, and added to by the men of Arvad, but completed by the Gammadim; and particularly being glided, as probably they were, looked very glittering and beautiful in the rays of the sun.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 Lexic. Pentaglott. col. 319, 320.
F18 Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 91.
F19 Onomast. Sacr. p. 159.

Ezequiel 27:11 In-Context

9 'Los ancianos de Gebal y sus mejores obreros estaban contigo reparando tus junturas; todas las naves del mar y sus marineros estaban contigo para negociar con tus productos.
10 'Los persas, los de Lud y los de Fut eran en tu ejército tus hombres de guerra. Colgaban en ti el escudo y el yelmo, manifestaban tu esplendor.
11 'Los hijos de Arvad, con tu ejército, estaban en tus murallas todo alrededor, y los gamadeos estaban en tus torres. Colgaban sus escudos en tus murallas todo alrededor; ellos perfeccionaban tu hermosura.
12 'Tarsis era tu cliente por la abundancia de toda riqueza; con plata, hierro, estaño y plomo pagaban tus mercancías.
13 'Javán, Tubal y Mesec comerciaban contigo; con hombres y con utensilios de bronce pagaban tus productos.
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