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And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
Reference
📍 Locations
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: τακτός (taktós)
arranged, i.e. appointed or stated
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Greek: παράσημος (parásēmos)
side-marked, i.e. labelled (with a badge (figure-head) of a ship)
Hebrew: ʼâth
a portent
Greek: μέσος (mésos)
middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun)
Hebrew: bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: πέμπω (pémpō)
to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas (as a stronger form of ) refers rather to the objective point or terminus ad quem, the orderly motion involved), especially on a temporary errand; also to transmit, bestow, or wield
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: φεύγω (pheúgō)
to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
Hebrew: miphlâṭ
an escape
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: Tarshîysh
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite
Hebrew: Pûwl
Pul, the name of an Assyrian king and of an Ethiopian tribe
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: Lûwd
Lud, the name of two nations
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ἀναβιβάζω (anabibázō)
to cause to go up, i.e. haul (a net)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: τόξον (tóxon)
a bow (apparently as the simplest fabric)
Hebrew: Tûwbal
Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: Yâvân
Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πόῤῥωθεν (pórrhōthen)
from far, or (by implication) at a distance, i.e. distantly
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Greek: φήμη (phḗmē)
a saying, i.e. rumor ("fame")
Hebrew: shômaʻ
a report
Greek: οὔτε (oúte)
not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: κλέος (kléos)
renown (as if being called)
Hebrew: heder
honour; used (figuratively) for the capital city (Jerusalem)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ὁρίζω (horízō)
to mark out or bound ("horizon"), i.e. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify
Hebrew: bâʼar
to dig; by analogy, to engrave; figuratively, to explain
Greek: κλέος (kléos)
renown (as if being called)
Hebrew: heder
honour; used (figuratively) for the capital city (Jerusalem)
Greek: μέσος (mésos)
middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun)
Hebrew: bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Verse Explanation
God will send survivors to distant nations as witnesses, reaching peoples as far away as Tarshish, Pul, Lud, Tubal, Javan, and other distant lands so that God's fame can be proclaimed.
History
1st millennium BC: these names represent peoples and regions known or imagined across the wider Mediterranean and Near Eastern world; Javan is commonly associated with Greek peoples.