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Cush,כּוּשׁand Put,וּפוּטand Lud,וְלוּדand allוְכָלthe mixed peoples,הָעֶרֶבand Cub,וְכוּבand the sonsוּבְנֵיof the landאֶרֶץof the covenantהַבְּרִיתwith themאִתָּםby the swordבַּחֶרֶבwill fall.יִפֹּלוּ
Ezekiel 30:5
Study it in the app“Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed peoples, and Cub, and the sons of the land of the covenant with them by the sword will fall.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 30:5, word by word
- Cushכּוּשׁkush
Cush
Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.
Where else “kush” appears- and Putפוּטfut
Put
Put, a son of Ham; a region of Africa, probably Libya.
Where else “fut” appears- and Ludלוּדlud
Lud
Lud, a son of Shem and the people descended from him.
Where else “lud” appears- the mixed peoplesעֶרֶבerev
mixed people
People of other nations who join a people and go along with it.
Where else “erev” appears- and Cubכוּבchuv
Cub
Cub: a land near Egypt.
Where else “chuv” appears- and the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- will fallיִפֹּלוּyipolu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yipolu” appears
Translation note
“The mixed peoples” (הָעֶרֶב) can also be read “Arabia,” with the same consonants; “the land of the covenant” can be understood as the allied peoples.
The context
4And a sword will come against Egypt, and there will be shuddering in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and they take away her multitude, and her foundations are torn down.
5 · This verse (above)
6Thus says YHWH: Those who support Egypt will fall, and the pride of her strength will come down; from Migdol to Syene by the sword they will fall in her, declares Adonai YHWH.