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Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

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כּ֥וּשׁkushCushכּוּשׁnoun, proper name — “Cush”H3568Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an IsraeliteChush, Cush, Ethiopia.עָצְמָ֛הatsemahabundanceעׇצְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abundance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6109powerfulness; by extension, numerousnessabundance, strength.וּמִצְרַ֖יִםumitsrayimand Egyptמִצְרַיִםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.וְאֵ֣יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).קֵ֑צֶהqetsehborderקָצֶהnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “border”, the ordinary formH7097an extremity[idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).פּ֣וּטputPutפּוּטnoun, proper name — “Put”H6316Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribePhut, Put.וְלוּבִ֔יםveluvimand Lubimלוּבִיconjunction, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and Lubim”, the ordinary formH3864a Libyan or inhabitant of interior Africa (only in plural)Lubim(-s), Libyans.הָי֖וּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְbeezratekhein helpעֶזְרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “in help”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5833aidhelp(-ed, -er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

Young’s Literal Translation

Cush her might, and Egypt, and there is no end. Put and Lubim have been for thy help.

World English Bible

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

Darby Translation

Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.

Douay-Rheims

Ethiopia and Egypt were the strength thereof, and there is no end: Africa and the Libyans were thy helpers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Ethiopia is her strength, and Egypt; and there was no limit of the flight of her enemies ; and the Libyans became her helpers.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ Αἰθιοπία ἰσχὺς αὐτῆς, καὶ Αἴγυπτος· καὶ οὐκ ἔστη πέρας τῆς φυγῆς· καὶ Λίβυες ἐγένοντο βοηθοὶ αὐτῆς.