The Meaning of Ezekiel 30:5 Explained

Ezekiel 30:5

KJV: Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

YLT: Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mixture, and Chub, And the sons of the land of the covenant with them by sword do fall,

Darby: Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

ASV: Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ethiopia,  and Libya,  and Lydia,  and all the mingled  people, and Chub,  and the men  of the land  that is in league,  shall fall  with them by the sword. 

What does Ezekiel 30:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 30

1  The desolation of Egypt and her helpers
20  The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 30:5 mean?

Ethiopia and Libya and Lydia and all the mingled people and Chub and the men of the lands who are allied with them by the sword shall fall -
כּ֣וּשׁ וּפ֤וּט וְלוּד֙ וְכָל־ הָעֶ֣רֶב וְכ֔וּב וּבְנֵ֖י אֶ֣רֶץ הַבְּרִ֑ית אִתָּ֖ם בַּחֶ֥רֶב יִפֹּֽלוּ פ

כּ֣וּשׁ  Ethiopia 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כּוּשׁ 
Sense: a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7.
וּפ֤וּט  and  Libya 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פּוּט  
Sense: a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans.
וְלוּד֙  and  Lydia 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לוּד  
Sense: the 4th listed son of Shem and supposed progenitor of the Lydians.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעֶ֣רֶב  the  mingled  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב 
Sense: woof.
וְכ֔וּב  and  Chub 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כּוּב  
Sense: the name of a people in alliance with Nebuchadnezzar and probably located in northern Africa; maybe same as ‘Lybia’ or ‘Lub’.
וּבְנֵ֖י  and  the  men 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֶ֣רֶץ  of  the  lands 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
הַבְּרִ֑ית  who  are  allied 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
אִתָּ֖ם  with  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
בַּחֶ֥רֶב  by  the  sword 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
יִפֹּֽלוּ  shall  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation