Genesis 11:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”

Genesis 11:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:2611 words

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

תֶרַחteraḥTerach

שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾet—

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

אֶתʾet—

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָרָןhārānHaran

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live

תֶרַחteraḥTerach

שִׁבְעִיםšivəʿîmSeventy

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָרָןhārānHaran

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