Genesis 36:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־צִבְע֖וֹן וְאַיָּ֣ה וַעֲנָ֑ה ה֣וּא עֲנָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָצָ֤א אֶת־הַיֵּמִם֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בִּרְעֹת֥וֹ אֶת־הַחֲמֹרִ֖ים לְצִבְע֥וֹן אָבִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And-ʾēlleh bənê-Ṣibʿôn and-ʾAyyāh and-ʿĂnāh hûʾ ʿĂnāh ʾăšer māṣāʾ ʾet-ha-yēmim in-ha-midbār in-rəʿōtô ʾet-ha-ḥămōrîm to-Ṣibʿôn ʾābîw

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*hûʾ*: third person masculine singular pronoun - he/that is
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*māṣāʾ*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - found
*ha-yēmim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the hot springs/mules
*ba-midbār*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness
*bi-rəʿōtô*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - in his pasturing
*ha-ḥămōrîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the donkeys
*lə-*: preposition - to/for
*ʾābîw*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his father

Word Meanings

*māṣāʾ*: found/discovered/encountered
*ha-yēmim*: hot springs/mules/water (uncertain meaning)
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*rəʿōtô*: his pasturing/tending/herding
*ḥămōrîm*: donkeys/asses

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 19:19 : 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.
Deut 2:10 : 10 (The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
2 Sam 13:29 : 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
2 Sam 18:9 : 9 And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
1 Kgs 1:38 : 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kgs 1:44 : 44 and the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule;
1 Kgs 4:28 : 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.
Zech 14:15 : 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as that plague.

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