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Cushכּוּשׁwas her strength,עָצְמָהand Egypt,וּמִצְרַיִםand there was noוְאֵיןend;קֵצֶהPutפּוּטand the Libyansוְלוּבִיםwereהָיוּyour help.בְּעֶזְרָתֵךְ
Nahum 3:9
Study it in the app“Cush was her strength, and Egypt, and there was no end; Put and the Libyans were your help.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nahum 3:9, 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- was her strengthעָצְמָatsma
might, strength
Might, great strength.
Where else “atsma” appears- and Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- endקֵצֶהketse
every one
Used to say 'all, leaving no one out'.
Where else “ketse” appears- Putפּוּטput
Put
Put, a son of Ham; a region of Africa, probably Libya.
Where else “put” appears- and the Libyansלוּבִיםluvim
Libyans
Libyans: a people of North Africa, west of Egypt.
Where else “luvim” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- your helpעֶזְרָתֵezrate
help
Help, aid.
Where else “ezrate” 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
8Are you better than No-amon, that sat by the channels, with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, and from the sea her wall?
9 · This verse (above)
10She too went into exile, into captivity; her infants too were dashed to pieces at the head of every street; and for her honored men they cast lots, and all her great men were bound in fetters.