Genesis 10:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת־נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לֽ͏ִהְי֥וֹת גִּבֹּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And Kûš yālad ʾet-Nimrōd hûʾ hēḥēl lihyôt gibbōr bāʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*wə-Kûš*: conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Cush
*yālad*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - begot/fathered
*ʾet-Nimrōd*: direct object marker + proper noun - Nimrod
*hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
*hēḥēl*: Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - began
*li-hyôt*: preposition lə- + Qal infinitive construct - to be
*gibbōr*: masculine singular adjective/noun - mighty one/warrior
*bā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition bə- + definite article ha- + feminine singular noun - in the earth/land

Word Meanings

*yālad*: begot/fathered/gave birth to
*hēḥēl*: began/started
*gibbōr*: mighty one/warrior/tyrant/hero

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Mic 5:6 : 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

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