Genesis 6:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Genesis 6:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:1010 words

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree

בָנִיםvānîmSon

אֶתʾet—

שֵׁםšēmShem

אֶתʾet—

חָםḥāmCham

וְאֶתwəʾet—

יָפֶתyāp̄etJepheth

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיּוֹלֶדwaywōledAnd bear young

נֹחַnōḥaNoach

שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree

בָנִיםvānîmSon

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שֵׁםšēmShem

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חָםḥāmCham

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָפֶתyāp̄etJepheth

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