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Woe,הוֹיlandאֶרֶץof whirringצִלְצַלwings,כְּנָפָיִםwhich isאֲשֶׁרbeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe riversלְנַהֲרֵיof Cush,כוּשׁ
Isaiah 18:1
Study it in the app“Woe, land of whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 18:1, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of whirringצִלְצַלtsiltsal
whirring
Whirring of wings.
Where else “tsiltsal” appears- wingsכְּנָפָיִםkenafayim
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafayim” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the riversנַהֲרֵיnahare
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahare” appears- of Cushכוּשׁchush
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 “chush” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2which sends envoys by the sea, and in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters! Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared from that time and onward, a nation of strength, strength, and of trampling, whose land the rivers divide.