Genesis 11:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.”

Genesis 11:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:2514 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾet—

תֶּרַחteraḥTerach

תְּשַׁעtəšaʿNine

עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred

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

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

הוֹלִידוֹhwōlîdwōBear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

תֶּרַחteraḥTerach

תְּשַׁעtəšaʿNine

עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

בָּנִיםbānîmSon

וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter

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