Genesis 11:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:”

Genesis 11:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:1013 words

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

תּוֹלְדֹתtwōlədōtDescent

שֵׁםšēmShem

שֵׁםšēmShem

בֶּןbenSon

מְאַתməʾatHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

אַרְפַּכְשָׁדʾarəpaḵəšādArpakshad

שְׁנָתַיִםšənātayimYear

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

הַמַּבּוּלhamabûlThe deluge

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

תּוֹלְדֹתtwōlədōtDescent

שֵׁםšēmShem

שֵׁםšēmShem

בֶּןbenSon

מְאַתməʾatHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַרְפַּכְשָׁדʾarəpaḵəšādArpakshad

שְׁנָתַיִםšənātayimYear

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

הַמַּבּוּלhamabûlThe deluge

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