Nahum 3:9 Go deeper

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (KJV)

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כּ֥וּשׁkushCush

Lemma: כּוּשׁ (kush) · Strong's: H3568A

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Cush

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 2:13, 2 Kings 19:9, Esther 1:1, Esther 8:9, Job 28:19, Psalms 68:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3568A; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 1

עָצְמָ֛ה'a.tze.Mah[was] strength its

Lemma: עׇצְמָה (ots.mah) · Strong's: H6109

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: strength

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 40:29, Isaiah 47:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6109; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 2

וּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimand Egypt

Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Egypt

Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 3

וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 4

קֵ֑צֶהKe.tzeh[was] an end

Lemma: קֵ֫צֶה (qe.tseh) · Strong's: H7097B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: end

Used 5 times. Also: Isaiah 2:7, Nahum 2:9, Nahum 3:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7097B; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 5

פּ֣וּטputPut

Lemma: פּוּט (put) · Strong's: H6316H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Put

Used 5 times. Also: Jeremiah 46:9, Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 30:5, Ezekiel 38:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6316H; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 6

וְלוּבִ֔יםve.lu.Vimand [the] Libyans

Lemma: לוּב (lu.vi) · Strong's: H3864

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)

Meaning: Libyan

Used 4 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 16:8, Daniel 11:43 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3864; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 7

הָי֖וּha.Yuthey were

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 8

בְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ\׃be.'ez.ra.Tekh<in> help your

Lemma: עֶזְרָה (ez.rah) · Strong's: H5833

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: help

Used 26 times. Also: Judges 5:23, 2 Chronicles 28:21, Job 6:13, Job 31:21, Psalms 22:19, Psalms 27:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5833; TAHOT Nahum 3:9 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Cush	→	כּוּשׁ H3568A Cush
and Egypt	→	מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt
were her boundless	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
. . .	→	קֵ֫צֶה H7097B end
strength	→	עׇצְמָה H6109 strength
Put	→	פּוּט H6316H Put
and Libya	→	לוּב H3864 Libyan
were	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
her allies	→	עֶזְרָה H5833 help

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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