פירוש על ישעיהו 23:8

whose traffickers (כִּנְעָנֶיהָ) traffickers. Comp. (Hosea 12:8) “As for the trafficker (כְּנַעַן) in his hand are the balances of deceit”; (Zech. 14:21) “And there shall no longer be a trafficker (כְּנַעֲנִי).”

המעטירה The crowning city. That was a glory to the islands.⁷מעטירה is part. Hiphil, and means lit;: giving a crown, or giving glory.

כנעניה Her merchants. Comp. כנען a merchant (Hos. 12:8)