The Meaning of Genesis 10:13 Explained

Genesis 10:13

KJV: And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

YLT: And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

Darby: And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

ASV: And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Mizraim  begat  Ludim,  and Anamim,  and Lehabim,  and Naphtuhim, 

What does Genesis 10:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Genesis 10

1  The generations of Noah
2  Japheth
6  Ham
8  Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan
21  The sons of Shem

What do the individual words in Genesis 10:13 mean?

And Mizraim begat - Ludim and Anamim Lehabim Naphtuhim
וּמִצְרַ֡יִם יָלַ֞ד אֶת־ לוּדִ֧ים וְאֶת־ עֲנָמִ֛ים לְהָבִ֖ים נַפְתֻּחִֽים

וּמִצְרַ֡יִם  And  Mizraim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
יָלַ֞ד  begat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
לוּדִ֧ים  Ludim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לוּד  
Sense: the descendants of Lud the son of Shem.
עֲנָמִ֛ים  Anamim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲנָמִים  
Sense: a tribe of Egyptians.
לְהָבִ֖ים  Lehabim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לְהָבִים  
Sense: an Egyptian tribe descended from Mizraim.
נַפְתֻּחִֽים  Naphtuhim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַפְתֻּחִים  
Sense: an unclear reference to Egypt; perhaps Lower Egypt.

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