H3552 H3552
Cub, a people or region allied with Egypt; possibly textual error for Libya
This gentillic name appears in Ezekiel 30:5 within a list of Egypt's allies who will fall with her in judgment. The text groups Cub with Ethiopia, Put, Lud, and Arabia—nations in Egypt's sphere of influence. However, many scholars (including the Septuagint) suggest this should read 'Lub' (Libya/Libyans), which would fit the geographical pattern better. The uncertainty reflects scribal confusion between similar Hebrew letters (kaph vs. lamed). Either reading points to Egypt's coalition partners sharing her doom.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ezekiel 30:5 lists Cub among peoples allied with Egypt who will fall in judgment. The conjunction prefix 'and' places it in a series of ethnic/geographic names. Scholarly consensus, reflected in BDB, suggests textual emendation to 'Lub' (Libya) based on the Septuagint and geographic logic. English/Spanish/French preserve the Masoretic reading 'Cub' in transliteration, while German leaves it untransliterated, acknowledging textual uncertainty. Context demands a nation in Egypt's political orbit. 1×
AR["وَكُوبُ"]·ben["আর-কূব"]·DE["[וכוב]"]·EN["and-Cub"]·FR["et-Kub"]·heb["ו-כוב"]·HI["और-कूब"]·ID["dan-Kub"]·IT["[וכוב]"]·jav["lan-Kub"]·KO["그리고-국과"]·PT["e-Kuv"]·RU["и-Кув"]·ES["y-Cub"]·SW["na-Kubu"]·TR["ve-Kuv"]·urd["اور-کوب"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כּוּב n.pr.gent. Ez 30:5, read לוּב 𝔊 StaPop.Jav.6 Co, cf. Sm.