Genesis 11:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.”

Genesis 11:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:1714 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

עֵבֶרʿēverEber

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾet—

פֶּלֶגpelegPeleg

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְאַרְבַּעwəʾarəbaʿAnd four

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

עֵבֶרʿēverEber

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פֶּלֶגpelegPeleg

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְאַרְבַּעwəʾarəbaʿAnd four

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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