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Genesis 11:2
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And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- from the east — Genesis 13:11
- Shinar — Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:9, Genesis 14:1, Isaiah 11:11, Daniel 1:2, Zechariah 5:11
Reciprocal references (1): Daniel 4:30
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