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Genesis 11:10

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Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.	These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:	And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

These are the generations^H8435 of Shem^H8035: Shem^H8035 was an hundred^H3967 years^H8141 old^H1121, and begat^H3205 Arphaxad^H775 two years^H8141 after^H310 the flood^H3999:

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Original Hebrew

אֵלֶּה תֹּולְדֹת שֵׁם ם בֶּן־מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיֹּולֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֵ֚לֶּה	'E.leh	H428	HPdxcp	these
תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת	tol.Dot	H8435	HNcfpc	(are) (the) accounts of
שֵׁ֔ם	Shem	H8035	HNp	Shem
שֵׁ֚ם	Shem	H8035	HNp	Shem
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	(was) a son of
מְאַ֣ת	me.'At	H3967	HAcfsc	one hundred
שָׁנָ֔ה	sha.Nah	H8141	HNcfsa	year(s)
וַ/יּ֖וֹלֶד	va/i.Yo.led	H3205	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he fathered
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד	'ar.pakh.Shad	H775	HNp	Arphaxad
שְׁנָתַ֖יִם	she.na.Ta.yim	H8141	HAcfda	two years
אַחַ֥ר	'a.Char	H310	HR	after
הַ/מַּבּֽוּל	ha./ma.Bul	H3999	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ flood

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H775 — אַרְפַּכְשַׁד (ʼArpakshad, ar-pak-shad'): probably of foreign origin; Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by him; Arphaxad.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H3999 — מַבּוּל (mabbûwl, mab-bool'): from יָבַל in the sense of flowing; a deluge; flood.
• H8035 — שֵׁם (Shêm, shame): the same as שֵׁם; name; Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity); Sem, Shem.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).
• H8435 — תּוֹלְדָה (tôwlᵉdâh, to-led-aw'): or תֹּלְדָה; from יָלַד; (plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history; birth, generations.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Reciprocal references (3): Genesis 2:4, 1 Chronicles 1:24, Luke 3:36

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: SHEM
• Nave’s: ARPHAXAD, GENEALOGY, LONGEVITY, SHEM

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