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Genesis 11:2 Interlinear

“ And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt ”

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Genesis 11 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֖י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	בְּנָסְעָ֣ם	H5265	And it came to pass as they journeyed	properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
3	מִקֶּ֑דֶם	H6924	from the east	the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
4	וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ	H4672	that they found	properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
5	בִקְעָ֛ה	H1237	a plain	properly, a split, i.e., a wide level valley between mountains
6	בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	H776	in the land	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
7	שִׁנְעָ֖ר	H8152	of Shinar	shinar, a plain in babylonia
8	וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ	H3427	and they dwelt	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
9	שָֽׁם׃	H8033		there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

Genesis 11:2 (current) And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt