Genesis 11:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:”

Genesis 11:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:227 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

שְׂרוּגśərûgSerug

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

שְׂרוּגśərûgSerug

שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

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