Jeremiah 46:9
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.”
קֶשֶׁת
Bow, rainbow. Qesheth. I set my bow in the cloud as a sign of the covenant. The warrior's bow laid down. God promises never to destroy the earth again.
עָלָה
go up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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מָגֵן
of a shield
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מָגֵן
Shield, buckler. Magen. The LORD God is a sun and shield. He both illuminates the path and protects the traveller walking on it.
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תָּפַשׂ
who wield
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תָּפַשׂ
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
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כּוּשׁ
Cush
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כּוּשׁ
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
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דָּרַךְ
of those who bend
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דָּרַךְ
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
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