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And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: (KJV)
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וַיְחִ֥יvay.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 11:22 word 1
שְׂר֖וּגse.RugSerug
Lemma: שְׂרוּג (se.rug) · Strong's: H8286
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Serug
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 11:20, Genesis 11:21, Genesis 11:23, 1 Chronicles 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8286; TAHOT Genesis 11:22 word 2
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.Shimthirty
Lemma: שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) · Strong's: H7970
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
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 11:22 word 3
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 11:22 word 4
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 11:22 word 5
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 11:22 word 6
נָחֽוֹר\׃na.ChorNahor
Lemma: נָחוֹר (na.chor) · Strong's: H5152G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Nahor
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 11:23, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 11:25, Joshua 24:2, 1 Chronicles 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5152G; TAHOT Genesis 11:22 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When Serug | → | שְׂרוּג H8286 Serug |
| was | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| 30 | → | שְׁלֹשִׁים H7970 thirty |
| years old | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| he became the father of | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| Nahor | → | נָחוֹר H5152G Nahor |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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