הֹ֥וי אֶ֖רֶץ צִלְצַ֣ל כְּנָפָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵעֵ֖בֶר לְנַֽהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ׃
Woe, land of the whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Kush,
Morphology
- הֹוי (hoy) – Root: Interjection; Form: Interjection; Translation: “Woe”; Notes: A prophetic call of alarm or judgment.
- אֶרֶץ (ʾerets) – Root: ארץ (ʾerets); Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “land”; Notes: Refers to a distant geographical region.
- צִלְצַל (tsiltsal) – Root: צצל (tsalal); Form: Noun masculine singular in construct; Translation: “whirring,” “buzzing”; Notes: Likely refers to insect-like or fluttering sounds.
- כְּנָפָיִם (kenafayim) – Root: כנף (kanaf); Form: Noun dual feminine; Translation: “wings”; Notes: Symbolic of speed, swarms, or even armies or messengers.
- אֲשֶׁר (asher) – Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “which”; Notes: Introduces a relative clause modifying the “land.”
- מֵעֵבֶר (me-ʿever) – Root: עבר (ʿavar); Form: Preposition + noun masculine singular; Translation: “beyond”; Notes: Indicates geographic distance or foreignness.
- לְנַהֲרֵי־כוּשׁ (le-naharei Kush) – Root: נהר (nahar), כוש (Kush); Form: Preposition + plural construct noun + proper noun; Translation: “to the rivers of Kush”; Notes: Refers to the Nile region of ancient Nubia or Sudan.