The Meaning of Genesis 10:30 Explained

Genesis 10:30

KJV: And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

YLT: and their dwelling is from Mesha, in thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.

Darby: And their dwelling was from Mesha, as one goes to Sephar, the eastern mountain.

ASV: And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And their dwelling  was from Mesha,  as thou goest  unto Sephar  a mount  of the east. 

What does Genesis 10:30 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 10:30 mean?

And was their dwelling place from Mesha as you go toward Sephar the mountain of the east
וַֽיְהִ֥י מוֹשָׁבָ֖ם מִמֵּשָׁ֑א בֹּאֲכָ֥ה סְפָ֖רָה הַ֥ר הַקֶּֽדֶם

וַֽיְהִ֥י  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מוֹשָׁבָ֖ם  their  dwelling  place 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מֹושָׁב  
Sense: seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers.
מִמֵּשָׁ֑א  from  Mesha 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֵשָׁא  
Sense: a region marking one of the limits of the territory of the Joktanites when they first settled in Arabia.
בֹּאֲכָ֥ה  as  you  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
סְפָ֖רָה  toward  Sephar 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: סְפָר  
Sense: a place in southern Arabia.
הַ֥ר  the  mountain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
הַקֶּֽדֶם  of  the  east 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֶדֶם 
Sense: east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime.

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