2 Chronicles 14:13:72 Chr.14.13.W7TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:12

מִכּוּשִׁים֙

mikushim

from the Cushites or Ethiopians

Transliteration
mi-ku-SHIM
Extended
mih-koo-SHEEM
IPA
/mik.kuːˈʃiːm/

Meaning by language

English
from the Cushites or Ethiopians

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִ + כּוּ + שִׁים֙
mi + ku + shim
mikushim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-ku-SHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yip-POL mi-ku-SHIM

  3. sentence

    va-yir-de-FEM a-SA ve-ha-AM a-SHER-im-MO ad-li-ge-RAR va-yip-POL mi-ku-SHIM le-EN la-HEM mi-khe-YA ki-nish-be-RU lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH ve-lif-ne-YE ma-kha-NE-hu va-yis-SU sha-LAL har-BE me-OD

Exegesis

The verb wayyippəlû mikûšîm {וַיִּפְּלוּ מִכּוּשִׁים | wayyippəlû mîkkûšîm} ‘and the Cushites fell’ identifies the defeated foe.

Root and etymology

from Cush

In context2 Chronicles 14:13

And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Cushites fell so that none remained alive for them, because they were crushed before the LORD and before His camp; then they carried off exceedingly much plunder .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 14:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 14:13, so the Hebrew word מִכּוּשִׁים֙ (mikushim) 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.14.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.13.W7.S1) and character.