And he will ruleוּמָשַׁלover the hidden treasuresבְּמִכְמַנֵּיof goldהַזָּהָבand of silver,וְהַכֶּסֶףand over allוּבְכֹלthe precious thingsחֲמֻדוֹתof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםand the Libyansוְלֻבִיםand the Cushitesוְכֻשִׁיםwill be at his steps.בְּמִצְעָדָיו
Daniel 11:43
Study it in the app“And he will rule over the hidden treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Cushites will be at his steps.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Daniel 11:43, word by word
- And he will ruleמָשַׁלmashal
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “mashal” appears- over the hidden treasuresמִכְמַנֵּיmichmane
hidden treasure
Hidden treasure.
Where else “michmane” appears- of goldזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- and of silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- the precious thingsחֲמֻדוֹתchamudot
precious
What is desirable, valuable.
Where else “chamudot” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and the Libyansלֻבִיםluvim
Libyans
Libyans: a people of North Africa, west of Egypt.
Where else “luvim” appears- and the Cushitesכֻשִׁיםchushim
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 “chushim” appears- will be at his stepsמִצְעָדָיmitsaday
step
Step: each movement of the foot in walking; figuratively, the course of someone's life.
Where else “mitsaday” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
42And he will stretch out his hand against the lands, and the land of Egypt will not have escape.
43 · This verse (above)
44But reports from the east and from the north will terrify him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy and to devote to destruction many.