Text -- Isaiah 23:8 (NET)

23:8 Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 23:8

¹ tn The precise meaning of הַמַּעֲטִירָה (hamma’atirah) is uncertain. The form is a Hiphil participle from עָטַר (’atar), a denominative verb derived from עֲטָרָה (’atarah, “crown, wreath”). The participle may mean “one who wears a crown” or “one who distributes crowns.” In either case, Tyre’s prominence in the international political arena is in view.

² tn Heb “the honored” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “renowned.”