H3997 H3997
entrances, openings, gates or doorways
A plural construct form meaning entrances or gateways, used in Ezekiel 27:3. The term appears in a lament over Tyre, describing the city as dwelling 'at the entrances of the sea.' This geographic description emphasizes Tyre's strategic position as a maritime trading hub with access to multiple sea routes. The word conveys both physical gateways and metaphorical points of entry to commercial networks.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Entrances, gateways to the sea. Ezekiel 27:3 uses this to characterize Tyre's advantageous coastal position: 'dwelling at the entrances of the sea, merchant of peoples for many coastlands.' The multilingual glosses (entrances-of, las-entradas-de, entrée) consistently render this as entry points or gates. The maritime context makes this about harbor access and sea-lane control, essential to Tyre's commercial dominance. 1×
AR["مَدَاخِلِ"]·ben["প্রবেশদ্বারগুলির"]·DE["[מבואת]"]·EN["entrances-of-"]·FR["entrée"]·heb["מבואות"]·HI["प्रवेशों-"]·ID["pintu-masuk-"]·IT["[מבואת]"]·jav["lebeting"]·KO["입구들에-"]·PT["entradas-de"]·RU["входах"]·ES["las-entradas-de"]·SW["milango-ya"]·TR["girişlerinin"]·urd["دروازوں-"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָבוֹא n.m. Je 38:14 entrance, a coming in, entering;—מ׳ abs. Je 38:14 + 3 times + Ez 42:9 Kt (Qr מֵבִיא wrong, cf. Co); cstr. מְבוֹא Dt 11:30 + 12 times; sf. מְבוֹאוֹ ψ 104:19 + 2 times; מְבֹאוֹ ψ 50:1; מבואך 2 S 3:25 Kt (Qr מוֹבָאֶ֑ךָ inexplicable cf. Dr); pl. cstr. מְבוֹאֵי Ez 26:10, מְבוֹאֹת Ez 27:3;— 1. entrance, i.e. place or way of entrance, into a city Ju 1:24, 25 1 Ch 4:39 Pr 8:3 (מ׳…