Genesis 11:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:”

Genesis 11:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:248 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

תֵּשַׁעtēšaʿNine

וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

תָּרַחtāraḥTerach

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

תֵּשַׁעtēšaʿNine

וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

תָּרַחtāraḥTerach

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