Verse 9

{ "verseID": "Nahum.3.9", "source": "כּוּשׁ עָצְמָה וּמִצְרַיִם וְאֵין קֵצֶה פּוּט וְלוּבִים הָיוּ בְּעֶזְרָתֵךְ׃", "text": "*kûš* *ʿoṣmāh* *û-miṣrayim* *wĕ-ʾên* *qēṣeh* *pûṭ* *wĕ-lûbîm* *hāyû* *bĕ-ʿezrātēk*", "grammar": { "*kûš*": "proper noun - Cush/Ethiopia", "*ʿoṣmāh*": "noun, feminine, singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her strength", "*û-miṣrayim*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Egypt", "*wĕ-ʾên*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and there was no", "*qēṣeh*": "noun, masculine, singular - end/limit", "*pûṭ*": "proper noun - Put/Libya", "*wĕ-lûbîm*": "conjunction + proper noun, plural - and Libyans", "*hāyû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd plural - they were", "*bĕ-ʿezrātēk*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - in your help/assistance" }, "variants": { "*kûš*": "Cush/Ethiopia", "*ʿoṣmāh*": "strength/might/power", "*miṣrayim*": "Egypt", "*pûṭ*": "Put/Libya", "*lûbîm*": "Libyans/Lubim (people of North Africa)", "*ʿezrātēk*": "help/assistance/aid" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 27:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.27.10", "source": "פָּרַ֨ס וְל֤וּד וּפוּט֙ הָי֣וּ בְחֵילֵ֔ךְ אַנְשֵׁ֖י מִלְחַמְתֵּ֑ךְ מָגֵ֤ן וְכוֹבַע֙ תִּלּוּ־בָ֔ךְ הֵ֖מָּה נָתְנ֥וּ הֲדָרֵֽךְ׃", "text": "*Pāras* and-*Lûd* and-*Pûṭ* *hāyû* in-*ḥêlēk* *ʾanšê* *milḥamtēk* *māgēn* and-*kôbaʿ* *tillû*-in-you [feminine] they *nātnû* *hădārēk*", "grammar": { "*Pāras*": "proper noun - Persia", "*Lûd*": "proper noun - Lud/Lydia", "*Pûṭ*": "proper noun - Put/Libya", "*hāyû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they were", "*ḥêlēk*": "masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your army", "*ʾanšê*": "construct state, masculine plural - men of", "*milḥamtēk*": "feminine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your war/battle", "*māgēn*": "masculine singular - shield", "*kôbaʿ*": "masculine singular - helmet", "*tillû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they hung", "*nātnû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they gave", "*hădārēk*": "masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your splendor" }, "variants": { "*ḥêlēk*": "your army/forces/military", "*ʾanšê milḥamtēk*": "your men of war/warriors/soldiers", "*tillû*": "they hung/suspended/displayed", "*hădārēk*": "your splendor/majesty/glory" } }
  • Ezek 30:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.30.5", "source": "כּ֣וּשׁ וּפ֤וּט וְלוּד֙ וְכָל־הָעֶ֣רֶב וְכ֔וּב וּבְנֵ֖י אֶ֣רֶץ הַבְּרִ֑ית אִתָּ֖ם בַּחֶ֥רֶב יִפֹּֽלוּ׃ פ", "text": "*kûš* *û-pûṭ* *wə-lûḏ* *wə-ḵol*-*hā-ʿereḇ* *wə-ḵûḇ* *û-ḇənê* *ʾereṣ* *ha-bərît* *ʾittām* *ba-ḥereḇ* *yippōlû*", "grammar": { "*kûš*": "proper noun - Cush/Ethiopia", "*û-pûṭ*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Put/Libya", "*wə-lûḏ*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Lud/Lydia", "*wə-ḵol*-*hā-ʿereḇ*": "conjunction + noun construct + definite article + noun - and all the mixed people", "*wə-ḵûḇ*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Chub", "*û-ḇənê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons/people of", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - land of", "*ha-bərît*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the covenant", "*ʾittām*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - with them", "*ba-ḥereḇ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - by the sword", "*yippōlû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall fall" }, "variants": { "*hā-ʿereḇ*": "mixed people/mixed multitude/foreign allies", "*ʾereṣ* *ha-bərît*": "land of the covenant/covenant land" } }
  • Ezek 38:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.38.5", "source": "פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע׃", "text": "*Pāras Kûš û-P̄ûṭ* with-them, all-of-them *māḡēn wə-ḵôḇāʿ*", "grammar": { "*Pāras*": "proper noun - Persia", "*Kûš*": "proper noun - Cush/Ethiopia", "*û-P̄ûṭ*": "proper noun with conjunction - and Put/Libya", "*ʾittām*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - with them", "*kullām*": "noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them", "*māḡēn*": "common noun, masculine singular - shield/buckler", "*wə-ḵôḇāʿ*": "common noun, masculine singular with conjunction - and helmet" }, "variants": { "*Kûš*": "Cush/Ethiopia/Sudan region", "*P̄ûṭ*": "Put/Libya/North African region" } }
  • Gen 10:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Genesis.10.6", "source": "וּבְנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃", "text": "And *bənê Ḥām Kûš ûMiṣrayim ûPûṭ ûKənāʿan*", "grammar": { "*û-bənê*": "conjunction wə- + masculine plural noun, construct state - and sons of", "*Ḥām*": "proper noun - Ham", "*Kûš*": "proper noun - Cush", "*û-Miṣrayim*": "conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Egypt/Mizraim", "*û-Pûṭ*": "conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Put", "*û-Kənāʿan*": "conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Canaan" }, "variants": { "*bənê*": "sons/descendants", "*Miṣrayim*": "Egypt/Mizraim (dual form)" } }
  • 2 Chr 12:3 : 3 { "verseID": "2 Chronicles.12.3", "source": "בְּאֶ֤לֶף וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ רֶ֔כֶב וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֗ר לָעָ֞ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤אוּ עִמּוֹ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לוּבִ֥ים סֻכִּיִּ֖ים וְכוּשִֽׁים׃", "text": "With-*'elef* and-*mā'ṯayim* *reḵeḇ* and-with-sixty *'elef* *pārāšîm* and-*'ên* *mispār* to-the-people who-*bā'û* with-him from-*miṣrayim*: *lûḇîm*, *sukkiyyîm*, and-*kûšîm*", "grammar": { "*'elef*": "noun masculine singular - thousand", "*mā'ṯayim*": "cardinal number dual - two hundred", "*reḵeḇ*": "noun masculine singular - chariots/chariotry", "*šiššîm*": "cardinal number - sixty", "*'elef*": "noun masculine singular - thousand", "*pārāšîm*": "noun masculine plural - horsemen/cavalry", "*'ên*": "particle of negation - there was no", "*mispār*": "noun masculine singular - number/count", "*lā-'ām*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to/for the people", "*'ăšer*": "relative particle - who/which", "*bā'û*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they came", "*'immô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him", "*mi-miṣrayim*": "preposition + proper noun - from Egypt", "*lûḇîm*": "proper noun plural - Libyans", "*sukkiyyîm*": "proper noun plural - Sukkites", "*kûšîm*": "proper noun plural - Cushites/Ethiopians" }, "variants": { "*reḵeḇ*": "chariots/chariotry", "*pārāšîm*": "horsemen/cavalry", "*'ên mispār*": "without number/innumerable", "*lûḇîm*": "Libyans/Lubim", "*sukkiyyîm*": "Sukkites/Troglodytes", "*kûšîm*": "Cushites/Ethiopians" } }
  • Isa 20:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Isaiah.20.5", "source": "וְחַתּ֖וּ וָבֹ֑שׁוּ מִכּוּשׁ֙ מַבָּטָ֔ם וּמִן־מִצְרַ֖יִם תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם׃", "text": "And they shall be *ḥattū* *wābōshū* from *kūsh* their *mabbāṭām* and from-*miṣrayim* their *tipʾarttām*", "grammar": { "*ḥattū*": "3rd plural Qal perfect - they will be dismayed/terrified", "*wābōshū*": "waw conjunctive + 3rd plural Qal perfect - and they will be ashamed", "*kūsh*": "proper noun - Cush/Ethiopia", "*mabbāṭām*": "noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their expectation/hope", "*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt", "*tipʾarttām*": "noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their glory/pride" }, "variants": { "*ḥattū*": "dismayed/terrified/shattered", "*bōshū*": "ashamed/disappointed/confused", "*mabbāṭ*": "expectation/hope/object of trust", "*tipʾartām*": "glory/pride/boast" } }
  • Jer 46:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.46.9", "source": "עֲל֤וּ הַסּוּסִים֙ וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב וְיֵצְא֖וּ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים כּ֤וּשׁ וּפוּט֙ תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָגֵ֔ן וְלוּדִ֕ים תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י דֹּ֥רְכֵי קָֽשֶׁת׃", "text": "*ʿălû* the-*sûsîm* *wə*-*hithōləlû* the-*reḵeḇ*, *wə*-*yēṣəʾû* the-*gibbôrîm*: *Kûš* and-*Pûṭ* *tōpəśê* *māgēn*, and-*Lûdîm* *tōpəśê* *dōrəḵê* *qāšet*.", "grammar": { "*ʿălû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - mount up/go up", "*sûsîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the horses", "*wə*-*hithōləlû*": "conjunction + hithpael imperative, masculine plural - and rage/act madly", "*reḵeḇ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the chariots", "*wə*-*yēṣəʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural jussive - and let go forth", "*gibbôrîm*": "adjective, masculine plural with definite article - the mighty men", "*Kûš*": "proper name - Cush/Ethiopia", "*Pûṭ*": "proper name - Put/Libya", "*tōpəśê*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct - handlers of", "*māgēn*": "noun, masculine singular - shield", "*Lûdîm*": "proper name, plural - Lydians", "*dōrəḵê*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct - drawers/benders of", "*qāšet*": "noun, feminine singular - bow" }, "variants": { "*ʿălû*": "mount up/go up/charge", "*hithōləlû*": "rage/act madly/drive furiously", "*reḵeḇ*": "chariots/chariotry/vehicles", "*yēṣəʾû*": "go forth/come out/march out", "*gibbôrîm*": "mighty men/warriors/heroes", "*tōpəśê*": "handlers/wielders/those who grasp", "*dōrəḵê*": "drawers/benders/those who bend" } }
  • 1 Chr 1:8 : 8 { "verseID": "1 Chronicles.1.8", "source": "בְּנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם פּ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃", "text": "*bənê* *Ḥām* *Kûš* *û-Miṣrayim* *Pûṭ* *û-Kənāʿan*", "grammar": { "*bənê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - sons of", "*Ḥām*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Ham", "*Kûš*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Cush", "*û-Miṣrayim*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine, dual - and Egypt/Mizraim", "*Pûṭ*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Put", "*û-Kənāʿan*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Canaan" }, "variants": { "*bənê*": "sons of/descendants of", "*Miṣrayim*": "Egypt/Mizraim (dual form)" } }