Genesis 11:20 Go deeper

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: (KJV)

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וַיְחִ֣יvay.Chiand he lived

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 1

רְע֔וּre.'UReu

Lemma: רְעוּ (re.u) · Strong's: H7466

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Reu

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 11:18, Genesis 11:19, Genesis 11:21, 1 Chronicles 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7466; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 2

שְׁתַּ֥יִםshe.Ta.yimtwo

Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HAcfda)

Meaning: two

Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 3

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםu.she.lo.Shimand thirty

Lemma: שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) · Strong's: H7970

Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)

Meaning: thirty

Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7970; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 4

שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: year

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 5

וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fathered

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 6

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 7

שְׂרֽוּג\׃se.RugSerug

Lemma: שְׂרוּג (se.rug) · Strong's: H8286

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Serug

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 11:21, Genesis 11:22, Genesis 11:23, 1 Chronicles 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8286; TAHOT Genesis 11:20 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

When Reu	→	רְעוּ H7466 Reu
was	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
32	→	שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two
. . .	→	שְׁלֹשִׁים H7970 thirty
years old	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
he became the father of	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
Serug	→	שְׂרוּג H8286 Serug

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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