"כוש" meaning in Hebrew

See כוש in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kuʃ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: כּוּשׁ [canonical], kúsh [romanization]
Etymology: Perhaps from Egyptian kꜣš (“Cush, Upper Nubia”). k-A-S:N25 Etymology templates: {{bor|he|egy|kꜣš||Cush, Upper Nubia}} Egyptian kꜣš (“Cush, Upper Nubia”) Head templates: {{he-proper noun|tr=kúsh|wv=כּוּשׁ}} כּוּשׁ • (kúsh)
  1. (biblical) Cush (the son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples) Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Bible
    Sense id: en-כוש-he-name-rXHx7Rwb Disambiguation of Bible: 65 8 7 20 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  2. the peoples descended from Cush, Ethiopians, black Africans
    Sense id: en-כוש-he-name-9vd8jk0Z
  3. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the middle Nile, Ethiopia
    Sense id: en-כוש-he-name-LqAzixcj
  4. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7
    Sense id: en-כוש-he-name-qqoG9sRd Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 18 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 27 19 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 25 18 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: כּוּשִׁי
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          "_dis": "25 25 18 32",
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