2 Chronicles 12:3:152 Chr.12.3.W15TAB
וְכוּשִֽׁים׃
vekhushim
“and Cushites”
- Transliteration
- ve-khu-SHIM
- Extended
- veh-khoo-SHEEM
- IPA
- /vəxuːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Cushites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khu-SHIM
- clause
ve-EN mis-PAR la-AM a-SHER-ba-U i-MO mim-mits-RA-yim lu-VIM su-kI-YIM ve-khu-SHIM
- sentence
be-E-lef u-ma-A-ta-yim RE-khev u-ve-shi-SHIM E-lef pa-ra-SHIM ve-EN mis-PAR la-AM a-SHER-ba-U i-MO mim-mits-RA-yim lu-VIM su-kI-YIM ve-khu-SHIM
Exegesis
The enumeration of luviyim {לוּבִ֥ים | lu-vī-yim}, sukkiyim {סֻכִּיִּ֖ים | suk-kī-yim}, and vekushim {וְכוּשִֽׁים | və-kū-šīm} climaxes the list of allied peoples, preserving Hebrew emphasis in English renderings.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:3
With one thousand and two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen, there was no number for the people who came with him from Egypt—Libyans , Sukkites, and Cushites.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 12:3, so the Hebrew word וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ (vekhushim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.12.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.3.W15.S1) and character.