כּוּשׁ II (b. h.) pr. n. Cush, 1) son of Ham. Targ. Gen. X, 6; a. e.—2) the land of Cush, Aethiopia. Targ. II Kings XIX, 9. Targ. Y. Num. XII, 1; a. e.—Yalk. Ex. 168. Pes. 94ᵃ; Taan. 10ᵃ מצרים … בכ׳ Egypt is one sixtieth as large as Aethiopia. Y. Ber. I, 2ᶜ bot. תמצית כ׳ וכ׳ the juice (moisture) of Aeth. is absorbed by Egypt; a. e.