The Meaning of Genesis 10:22 Explained

Genesis 10:22

KJV: The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

YLT: Sons of Shem are Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Darby: The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

ASV: The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children  of Shem;  Elam,  and Asshur,  and Arphaxad,  and Lud,  and Aram. 

What does Genesis 10:22 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 10:22 mean?

the sons of Shem Elam and Asshur and Arphaxad and Lud and Aram
בְּנֵ֥י : שֵׁ֖ם עֵילָ֣ם וְאַשּׁ֑וּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד וְל֥וּד וַֽאֲרָֽם

בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
: שֵׁ֖ם  of  Shem 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes.
עֵילָ֣ם  Elam 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵילָם 
Sense: a Korhite Levite in the time of David.
וְאַשּׁ֑וּר  and  Asshur 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַשּׁוּר  
Sense: the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians.
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד  and  Arphaxad 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד  
Sense: third son of Shem.
וְל֥וּד  and  Lud 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לוּד  
Sense: the 4th listed son of Shem and supposed progenitor of the Lydians.
וַֽאֲרָֽם  and  Aram 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲרָם 
Sense: Aram or Syria the nation.