The Meaning of Genesis 10:7 Explained

Genesis 10:7

KJV: And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

YLT: And sons of Cush are Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah are Sheba and Dedan.

Darby: And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

ASV: And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Cush;  Seba,  and Havilah,  and Sabtah,  and Raamah,  and Sabtecha:  and the sons  of Raamah;  Sheba,  and Dedan. 

What does Genesis 10:7 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 10:7 mean?

And the sons of Cush Seba and Havilah and Sabta and Raamah and Sabtecha of Raamah Sheba and Dedan
וּבְנֵ֣י : כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א : רַעְמָ֖ה שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן

וּבְנֵ֣י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
: כ֔וּשׁ  of  Cush 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כּוּשׁ 
Sense: a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7.
סְבָא֙  Seba 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סְבָא  
Sense: a son of Cush.
וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה  and  Havilah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲוִילָה  
Sense: a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea.
וְסַבְתָּ֥ה  and  Sabta 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: סַבְתָּא 
Sense: the 3rd son of Cush.
וְרַעְמָ֖ה  and  Raamah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רַעְמָה 
Sense: son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan.
וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א  and  Sabtecha 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סַבְתְּכָא  
Sense: the 5th son of Cush.
: רַעְמָ֖ה  of  Raamah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רַעְמָה 
Sense: son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan.
שְׁבָ֥א  Sheba 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁבָא  
Sense: son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth.
וּדְדָֽן  and  Dedan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דְּדָן 
Sense: the son of Raamah and grandson of Cush.