Genesis 10:30

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Their settlement extended from Mesha toward Sephar, to the eastern hill country.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֽ͏ַיְהִ֥י מוֹשָׁבָ֖ם מִמֵּשָׁ֑א בֹּאֲכָ֥ה סְפָ֖רָה הַ֥ר הַקֶּֽדֶם׃

Transliteration

And yəhî môšābām miMMēšāʾ bōʾăkāh Səpārāh har haqqedem

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction wə- + Qal imperfect jussive 3rd person masculine singular - and it was
• *môšābām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their dwelling
• *mi-MMēšāʾ*: preposition min + proper noun - from Mesha
• *bōʾăkāh*: Qal infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - as you come/going toward
• *Səpārāh*: proper noun with directional heh - to Sephar
• *har*: masculine singular noun, construct state - mountain of
• *ha-qqedem*: definite article ha- + masculine singular noun - the east

Word Meanings

• *môšābām*: their dwelling/their settlement/their habitation
• *bōʾăkāh*: as you come/going toward/in the direction of
• *har haqqedem*: mountain of the east/eastern mountain/mountain region in the east

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go unto Sephar, a mountain of the east.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the dwellynge of them was from Mesa vntill thou come vnto Sephara a mountayne of the easte lande.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And their dwellynge was from Mesa, tyll thou come vnto Sephar a mountayne of ye east.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And their dwelling was from Mesa, as thou goest vnto Sapher, a mount of the east.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills.

Referenced Verses

• Num 23:7 : 7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle and said: 'From Aram Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: "Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel."'