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title: כּוּשִׁי — Cushi · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כּוּשִׁי (3570), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Cushi. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כּוּשִׁי

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«כּוּשִׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Cushi** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3570 · **BDB:** כּוּשִׁי

### Glosses

of.Cushi (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Cushi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3570/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3570/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Χουσει— Je 36:14 great-grandfather of יְהוּדִי, q.v. (perhaps orig. appellat. Cushite). father of prophet Zephaniah Zp 1:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «כּוּשִׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3570/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.1/)

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דְּבַר־יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֗ה אֶל־צְפַנְיָה֙ בֶּן־כּוּשִׁ֣י בֶן־גְּדַלְיָ֔ה בֶּן־אֲמַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן־חִזְקִיָּ֑ה בִּימֵ֛י יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בֶן־אָמ֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.word of.Yahweh which it.came to Zephaniah the.son of.Cushi the.son of.Gedaliah the.son of.Amariah the.son of.Hezekiah in the.days of.Josiah the.son of.Amon the.king of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* THE WORD of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

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[Jeremiah 36:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.14/)

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וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ כָל־הַשָּׂרִ֜ים אֶל־בָּר֗וּךְ אֶת־יְהוּדִ֡י בֶּן־נְ֠תַנְיָהוּ בֶּן־שֶׁלֶמְיָ֣הוּ בֶן־כּוּשִׁי֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַמְּגִלָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָרָ֤אתָ בָּהּ֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם קָחֶ֥נָּה בְיָדְךָ֖ וָלֵ֑ךְ וַ֠יִּקַּח בָּר֨וּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּ֤הוּ אֶת־הַמְּגִלָּה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֖א אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.sent all the officials to Baruch (et) Jehudi the.son of.Nethaniah the.son of.Shelemiah the.son of.Cushi (cmp) the scroll which you.have.read.aloud in it in the.ears of the.people take it in hand your and come and he.took Baruch the.son of.Neriah (et) the scroll in hand his and he.went to them

*JPS 1917:* Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying: 'Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come.' So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

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