Isaiah 18

Isaiah · Chapter 18

Isaiah 18:1

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
1Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
alas!ה֥וֹיHoH1945
woe!

הוֹי (hoy) ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!

O land ofאֶ֖רֶץ'E-retzH0776G
land: country/planet

אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) : country/field 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth …

whirring ofצִלְצַ֣לtzil-TZALH6767A
buzzing

צִלְצָל (tsil.tsal) whirring, buzzing

wingsכְּנָפָ֑יִםke-na-FA-yimH3671
wing

כָּנָף (ka.naph) 1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt 1a) wing 1b) extremity 1b1) skirt, corner (of garment)

whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a-SHERH0834A
which

אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) A: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if B: Beth+ 1) in (that) which 2) (adv) 2a) where 3) (conj) 3a) in that, inasmuch as 3b) on account of C: Mem+ 1) from (or than) that which 2) from (the place) where 3) from (the fact) that, since D: Kaph+ 1) (conj.), according as, as, when 1a) according to that which, according as, as 1b) with a causal force: in so far as, since 1c) with a temporal force: when

[is] from [the] other sideמֵעֵ֖בֶרme-'E-verH5676H
beyond

עֲבַר (a.var) region beyond or across Aramaic of e.ver (עֵ֫בֶר ": side" H5676)

of [the] rivers ofלְנַֽהֲרֵי־le-na-ha-rei-H5104H
river

נְהַר (ne.har) river Aramaic of na.har (נָהָר "river" H5104H)

Cushכֽוּשׁ׃KhushH3568A
Cush

כּוּשׁ (kush) § Cush = "black" the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.