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Genesis 11:2


Genesis 11:1 Genesis 11:2 (KJV) Genesis 11:3
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, as they journeyedH5265 from the eastH6924, that they foundH4672 a plainH1237 in the landH776 of ShinarH8152; and they dweltH3427 there.


Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי בְּנָסְעָם מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּמְצְאוּ בִקְעָה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַֽ/יְהִ֖י
va/y.Hi H1961 HC/Vqw3ms and/ it was
בְּ/נָסְעָ֣/ם
be./na.se.'A/m H5265 HR/Vqc/Sp3mp when/ set out/ they
מִ/קֶּ֑דֶם
mi./Ke.dem H6924 HR/Ncmsa from/ (the) east
וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֥וּ
va/i.yim.tze.'U H4672 HC/Vqw3mp and/ they found
בִקְעָ֛ה
vik.'Ah H1237 HNcfsa a plain
בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ
be./'E.retz H776 HR/Ncbsc in/ (the) land of
שִׁנְעָ֖ר
shin.'Ar H8152 HNp Shinar
וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ
va/i.Ye.she.vu H3427 HC/Vqw3mp and/ they dwelt
שָֽׁם
Sham H8033 HD there
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H1237 — בִּקְעָה (biqʻâh, bik-aw'): from בָּקַע; properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains; plain, valley.
  • H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
  • H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
  • H5265 — נָסַע (nâçaʻ, naw-sah'): a primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney; cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.
  • H6924 — קֶדֶם (qedem, keh'-dem): or קֵדְמָה; from קָדַם; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward); aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare קִדְמָה.
  • H8152 — שִׁנְעָר (Shinʻâr, shin-awr'): probably of foreign derivation; Shinar, a plain in Babylonia; Shinar.

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

  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
  • H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
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