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Go up,עֲלוּhorses!הַסּוּסִיםRage,וְהִתְהֹלְלוּchariots!הָרֶכֶבAnd let the mighty menוְ הַגִּבּוֹרִיםgo out:יֵצְאוּCushכּוּשׁand Put,וּפוּטwho handleתֹּפְשֵׂיthe shield,מָגֵןand the Ludim,וְלוּדִיםwho handleתֹּפְשֵׂיand bendדֹּרְכֵיthe bow.קָשֶׁת
Jeremiah 46:9
Study it in the app“Go up, horses! Rage, chariots! And let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield, and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:9, word by word
- Go upעֲלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- horsesסּוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- Rageהִתְהֹלְלוּhithollu
go mad
To lose one's reason and behave without control, like a madman.
Where else “hithollu” appears- chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- And let the mighty menגִּבּוֹרִיםgiborim
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appears- go outיֵצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- 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- who handleתֹּפְשֵׂיtofse
handle
To handle an instrument or weapon with the hand.
Where else “tofse” appears- the shieldמָגֵןmagen
shield
A piece the soldier carries on his arm to block blows in battle.
Where else “magen” appears- and the Ludimלוּדִיםludim
Ludim
Ludim, a people descended from Mizraim (Egypt).
Where else “ludim” appears- and bendדֹּרְכֵיdorche
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “dorche” appears- the bowקָשֶׁתkashet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kashet” appears
The context
8Egypt rises like the Nile, and like the rivers the waters surge; and it said, “I will rise, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and those who dwell in it.”
9 · This verse (above)
10And that day belongs to Adonai YHWH Tsevaot, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his adversaries; and the sword will devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood; for Adonai YHWH Tsevaot has a sacrifice in the land of the north by the river Euphrates.