Genesis 11:24 Go deeper

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: (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 11:24 word 1

נָח֔וֹרna.ChorNahor

Lemma: נָחוֹר (na.chor) · Strong's: H5152G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Nahor

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 11:22, Genesis 11:23, Genesis 11:25, Joshua 24:2, 1 Chronicles 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5152G; TAHOT Genesis 11:24 word 2

תֵּ֥שַׁעTe.sha'nine

Lemma: תֵּ֫שַׁע (te.sah) · Strong's: H8672

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: nine

Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:14, Genesis 5:20, Genesis 5:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8672; TAHOT Genesis 11:24 word 3

וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםve.'es.Rimand twenty

Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242

Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)

Meaning: twenty

Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT Genesis 11:24 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 11:24 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 11:24 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 11:24 word 7

תָּֽרַח\׃Ta.rachTerah

Lemma: תֶּ֫רַח (te.rach) · Strong's: H8646G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Terah

Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 11:25, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 11:27, Genesis 11:28, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 11:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8646G; TAHOT Genesis 11:24 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

When Nahor	→	נָחוֹר H5152G Nahor
was	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
29	→	תֵּ֫שַׁע H8672 nine
. . .	→	עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty
years old	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
he became the father of	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
Terah	→	תֶּ֫רַח H8646G Terah

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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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