King James Version

Isaiah 18:1

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

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ה֥וֹיhoyalasהוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H1945oh!ah, alas, ho, O, woe.אֶ֖רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.צִלְצַ֣לtsiltsalcymbalצְלָצַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “cymbal”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6767a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.כְּנָפָ֑יִםkenafayimwingכָּנָףnoun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “wing”, the ordinary formH3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle[phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…מֵעֵ֖בֶרmeeverfrom sideעֵבֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from side”, the ordinary formH5676properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)[idiom] against, beyond, by, [idiom] from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.לְנַֽהֲרֵיlenahareto floodנָהָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to flood”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.כֽוּשׁkhushCushכּוּשׁnoun, proper name — “Cush”H3568Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an IsraeliteChush, Cush, Ethiopia.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Young’s Literal Translation

Ho, land shadowed [with] wings, That [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,

World English Bible

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Darby Translation

Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

Douay-Rheims

Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐαὶ γῆς πλοίων πτέρυγες, ἐπέκεινα ποταμῶν Αἰθιοπίας·