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Magnatesחַשְׁמַנִּיםwill comeיֶאֱתָיוּfrom Egypt;מִנִּי מִצְרָיִםCushכּוּשׁwill hastenתָּרִיץits handsיָדָיוto Elohim.לֵאלֹהִים
Psalms 68:31
Study it in the app“Magnates will come from Egypt; Cush will hasten its hands to Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 68:31, word by word
- Magnatesחַשְׁמַנִּיםchashmanim
nobles, envoys (?)
A rich and prominent person, a magnate; perhaps "envoy" or "ambassador". It appears only once and its sense is not certain.
Where else “chashmanim” appears- will comeיֶאֱתָיוּyeetayu
come
To arrive at a place or a moment, to become present.
Where else “yeetayu” appears- from Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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- will hastenתָּרִיץtarits
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “tarits” appears- its handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- to Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears
Translation note
“Cush”: the region south of Egypt (Nubia). “Will hasten its hands”: it can be understood that it will stretch them out at once, to pray or to bring offerings.
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
30Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the community of bulls with the calves of the peoples, the one who humbles himself with pieces of silver; he has scattered the peoples who delight in battles.
31 · This verse (above)
32Kingdoms of the earth, sing to Elohim; sing psalms to Adonai. Selah.