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title: כּוּשׁ — Cush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כּוּשׁ (3568), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Cush. BDB 1906: n.pr.pers.m. gent. terr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כּוּשׁ

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«כּוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Cush** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 3568 · **BDB:** כּוּשׁ

### Glosses

of.Cush (3); Cush (2); \[were\].Cush (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Cush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3568/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.pers.m. gent. terr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3568/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.pers.m., gent. et terr. (Egyptian Kōš, SteindorffBAS i, 593, Assyrian Kûsu, Id. ib. DlPa 251; Kaši in Tel Amarna tablets, vid. WklTelAm. 39 );— 1st ‘son’ of חָם Gn 10:6, 7 (P) = 1 Ch 1:8, 9, 𝔊 Χονς, 𝔙 Chus, from whom descended according to these vv. the southernmost peoples known to Hebrews. land and people of southern Nile-valley, or Upper Egypt, extending from Syene (Ez 29:10) indefinitely to the south, 𝔊 Αιθιοπια, Αιθιοπες: the land Is 11:11; 18:1 Zp 3:10 Ez 29:10 Jb 28:19 Est 1:1; 8:9. the people Is 20:4 Je 46:9 Ez 38:5; personif. ψ 68:32. indeterminate, either land or people, or including both: Is 20:3, 5; 43:3; 45:14 2 K 19:9 = Is 37:9 Na 3:9 Ez 30:4, 5, 9 ψ 87:4 (𝔊 λαὸς Αιθιοπων). in Gn 10:8 (J) = 1 Ch 1:10 כּוּשׁ is err. for כַּשׁ = Bab. Kaššu, according to SchrCOT on Gn 10:6, DlPa 51 ff. 72 f. and most Assyriol.; so perhaps also Gn 2:13 (J), yet v. HptÜber Ld. u. Meer, 1894–5, No. 15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כּוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3568/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.8/)

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בְּנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם פּ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ham \[were\].Cush and Mizraim Put and Canaan

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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[Genesis 10:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.6/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Ham \[were\].Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

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