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YHWHיְהוָהstruckוַיִּגֹּףthe CushitesהַכּוּשִׁיםbeforeלִפְנֵיAsaאָסָאand beforeוְלִפְנֵיJudah,יְהוּדָהand the Cushitesהַכּוּשִׁיםfled.וַיָּנֻסוּ
2 Chronicles 14:12
Study it in the app“YHWH struck the Cushites before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushites fled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 14:12, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- struckיִּגֹּףyigof
strike
To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.
Where else “yigof” appears- the Cushitesכּוּשִׁיםkushim
Cushite
Cushite: a person from Cush, the region south of Egypt (toward present-day Sudan). Joab's messenger is called this (2 Samuel 18), and so is Ebed-melech, who pulled Jeremiah out of the cistern (Jeremiah 38). In the plural, the Cushites as a people. It says nothing good or bad about the person, only where they come from.
Where else “kushim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Asaאָסָאasa
Asa
Asa: a name of uncertain meaning. It is the king of Judah, son of Abijam, who reigned forty-one years and did what was right in the eyes of YHWH (1 Kings 15:9-24); a Levite also bears the name (1 Chronicles 9:16).
Where else “asa” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- fledיָּנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears
The context
11Asa cried out to YHWH his Elohim and said, “YHWH, there is none like you to help between the mighty and the one without strength. Help us, YHWH our Elohim, for on you we rely, and in your name we have come against this multitude. YHWH, you are our Elohim; do not let mortal man prevail against you.”
12 · This verse (above)
13Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar; and of the Cushites there fell until they had no life left, for they were broken before YHWH and before his camp. And they carried away very much spoil.