Study it in the app“Asa 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.”
Asaאָסָאand the peopleוְהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with himעִמּוֹpursued themוַיִּרְדְּפֵםas far asעַד לִGerar;גְרָרand of the Cushitesמִכּוּשִׁיםthere fellוַיִּפֹּלuntilלְthey had noאֵין לָהֶםlife left,מִחְיָהforכִּיthey were brokenנִשְׁבְּרוּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהand beforeוְלִפְנֵיhis camp.מַחֲנֵהוּAnd they carried awayוַיִּשְׂאוּveryמְאֹדmuchהַרְבֵּהspoil.שָׁלָל
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” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfe” appearsGerar
Gerar, a city in the south of Canaan, near the land of the Philistines.
Where else “gerar” appearsCushite
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” appearsfall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yipol” appearslife
Keeping someone alive; a little new strength.
Where else “michya” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbru” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
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” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisu” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears12YHWH struck the Cushites before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushites fled.
13 · This verse (above)
14They struck all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of YHWH was on them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
