לְבַד֙ מֵאַנְשֵׁ֣י הַתָּרִ֔ים וּמִסְחַ֖ר הָרֹכְלִ֑ים וְכָל־מַלְכֵ֥י הָעֶ֖רֶב וּפַח֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
beside that which came of the merchants, and of the traffic of the traders, and of all the kings of the mingled people and of the governors of the country.
Shadal
"In the firmament of the heavens:" In the firmament that is called the heavens, [meaning in the firmament which is [our] heavens. And this is one use of the relational form (smikhut), as in the 'River of Euphrates' (Parat), [which means] the river that is called Euphrates; [and] (Jeremiah 14:17) "the virgin of the daughter of my people," [ which means] the virgin which is the daughter of my people; [and] (Isaiah 37:22) "the virgin of the daughter of Zion," [which means that she] is the daughter of Zion. [And so too are understood the next few verses:] (I Kings 10:15), "the people of trade;" (Judges 19:22) "the people of the sons of lawlessness;" and so [too] (Isaiah 1:4) "the seed of evildoers;" (Isaiah 65:23) "the seed of those blessed by God." And so [too], 'God of Hosts,' [which means] God who is the Hosts. (And so too Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra wrote below [verse 31], "'the day of the sixth (yom hashishi)' - the day that is the sixth." Here too, the firmament of the heavens [means] the firmament that is the heavens.)