Genesis 2:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

Young's Literal Translation
and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

King James Bible
And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Hebrew
The name
וְשֵֽׁם־ (wə·šêm-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of the second
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

river
הַנָּהָ֥ר (han·nā·hār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity

[is] Gihon;
גִּיח֑וֹן (gî·ḥō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1521: Gihon -- 'a bursting forth', one of the rivers of Eden, also a spring near Jerusalem

it
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

winds through
הַסּוֹבֵ֔ב (has·sō·w·ḇêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Cush.
כּֽוּשׁ׃ (kūš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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