Genesis 11:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָ֧ם וְנָח֛וֹר לָהֶ֖ם נָשִׁ֑ים שֵׁ֤ם אֵֽשֶׁת־אַבְרָם֙ שָׂרָ֔י וְשֵׁ֤ם אֵֽשֶׁת־נָחוֹר֙ מִלְכָּ֔ה בַּת־הָרָ֥ן אֲבִֽי־מִלְכָּ֖ה וֽ͏ַאֲבִ֥י יִסְכָּֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqqaḥ ʾabrām and-nāḥôr to-themselves nāšîm šēm ʾēšet-ʾabrām śārāy and-šēm ʾēšet-nāḥôr milkâ bat-hārān ʾăbî-milkâ and-ʾăbî yiskâ

Grammar Details

*wə-yiqqaḥ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he took
*ʾabrām*: proper noun - Abram
*nāḥôr*: proper noun - Nahor
*nāšîm*: noun feminine plural - wives
*šēm*: noun masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾēšet*: noun feminine singular construct - wife of
*śārāy*: proper noun - Sarai
*milkâ*: proper noun - Milcah
*bat*: noun feminine singular construct - daughter of
*hārān*: proper noun - Haran
*ʾăbî*: noun masculine singular construct - father of
*yiskâ*: proper noun - Iscah

Word Meanings

*wə-yiqqaḥ*: and he took/married
*ʾabrām*: Abram
*nāḥôr*: Nahor
*nāšîm*: wives
*šēm*: name
*ʾēšet*: wife of
*śārāy*: Sarai
*milkâ*: Milcah
*bat*: daughter of
*hārān*: Haran
*ʾăbî*: father of
*yiskâ*: Iscah

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 17:15 : 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Gen 22:20 : 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor:
Gen 24:15 : 15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Gen 20:12 : 12 And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

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1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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