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Genesis 10:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.


Genesis 10:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 10:89 words
וְכוּשׁwəḵûšAnd Cush
יָלַדyāladBear young
אֶתʾet
נִמְרֹדnimərōdNimrod
הוּאhûʾHe
הֵחֵלhēḥēlBore
לִהְיוֹתlihəywōtTo exist
גִּבֹּרgibōrPowerful
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכוּשׁwəḵûšAnd Cush
יָלַדyāladBear young
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
נִמְרֹדnimərōdNimrod
הוּאhûʾHe
הֵחֵלhēḥēlBore
לִהְיוֹתlihəywōtTo exist
גִּבֹּרgibōrPowerful
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

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