The precious
yaqar (yaw-kawr')
valuable (obj. or subj.) -- brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Zion
Tsiyown (tsee-yone')
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem -- Zion.
comparable
cala' (saw-law')
to suspend in a balance, i.e. weigh -- compare.
to fine gold
paz (pawz)
pure (gold); hence, gold itself (as refined) -- fine (pure) gold.
how are they esteemed
chashab (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
as earthen
cheres (kheh'-res)
a piece of pottery -- earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone.
pitchers
nebel (neh'-bel)
a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
the work
ma`aseh (mah-as-eh')
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
of the hands
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of the potter
yatsar (yaw-tsar')
to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution) -- earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
