Jeremiah 46:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲל֤וּ הַסּוּסִים֙ וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב וְיֵצְא֖וּ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים כּ֤וּשׁ וּפוּט֙ תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָגֵ֔ן וְלוּדִ֕ים תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י דֹּ֥רְכֵי קָֽשֶׁת׃

Transliteration

ʿălû the-sûsîm wə-hithōləlû the-reḵeḇ, wə-yēṣəʾû the-gibbôrîm: Kûš and-Pûṭ tōpəśê māgēn, and-Lûdîm tōpəśê dōrəḵê qāšet.

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
Ezek 27:10 : 10 Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Nah 3:9 : 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Acts 2:10 : 10 in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
1 Cor 1:8 : 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Nah 2:3-4 : 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress [spears] are brandished. 4 The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
Jer 30:5 : 5 For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Gen 10:6 : 6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
Gen 10:13 : 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
1 Chr 1:11 : 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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