“And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.”
Genesis 11:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 11:29 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יְהִ֖יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְּ/נָסְעָ֣/םbənāsəʿām
when set out theypronH5265
bring · get · go (away · forth ···
מִ/קֶּ֑דֶםmiqedem
from the eastpronH6924
ancient · before · east (end · part ···
וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֥וּwayiməṣəʾw
and they foundconjH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
בִקְעָ֛הbiqəʿāh
a plainnounH1237
valley
בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
שִׁנְעָ֖רšinəʿār
ShinarnounH8152
וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּwayēšəbw
and they dweltconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
שָֽׁםšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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