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Genesis 11:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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 11:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:29 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּנָסְעָםbənāsəʿāmIn pull
מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front
וַיִּמְצְאוּwayiməṣəʾûAnd come
בִקְעָהviqəʿāhSplit
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
שִׁנְעָרšinəʿārShinar
וַיֵּשְׁבוּwayēšəvûAnd sit
שָׁםšāmThere
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּנָסְעָםbənāsəʿāmIn pull
מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front
וַיִּמְצְאוּwayiməṣəʾûAnd come
בִקְעָהviqəʿāhSplit
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
שִׁנְעָרšinəʿārShinar
וַיֵּשְׁבוּwayēšəvûAnd sit
שָׁםšāmThere

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