Zerahזֶרַחthe Cushiteהַכּוּשִׁיcame outוַיֵּצֵאagainst themאֲלֵיהֶםwith a forceבְּחַיִלof a thousandאֶלֶףthousandsאֲלָפִיםand threeוּ שְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתchariots,מַרְכָּבוֹתand cameוַיָּבֹאas far asעַדMareshah.מָרֵשָׁה
2 Chronicles 14:9
Study it in the app“Zerah the Cushite came out against them with a force of a thousand thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 14:9, word by word
- Zerahזֶרַחzerach
Zerah
Zerah, the name of several people: above all a son of Judah and Tamar, twin of Perez; also a grandson of Esau, the father of a king of Edom, a Cushite who attacked Judah, and others.
Where else “zerach” appears- the Cushiteכּוּשִׁיkushi
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 “kushi” appears- came outיֵּצֵאyetse
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yetse” appears- with a forceחַיִלchayil
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chayil” appears- of a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- and threeשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- chariotsמַרְכָּבוֹתmarkavot
chariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “markavot” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- Mareshahמָרֵשָׁהmaresha
Mareshah
Mareshah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah; also the name of two men of Judah.
Where else “maresha” appears
The context
8Asa had a force carrying large shield and spear: from Judah, three hundred thousand; and from Benjamin, carrying shield and drawing the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand. All these were mighty men of valor.
9 · This verse (above)
10Asa went out before him, and they drew up battle in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.