כוש

Hebrew

Etymology

Perhaps from Egyptian kꜣš (“Cush, Upper Nubia”).


Pronunciation

Proper noun

כּוּשׁ • (kúsh)

  1. (biblical) Cush (the son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples)
  2. the peoples descended from Cush, Ethiopians, black Africans
  3. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the middle Nile, Ethiopia
  4. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Cush
  • Oromo: Kuush
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