Genesis 10:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֽוּא־הָיָ֥ה גִבֹּֽר־צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבּ֥וֹר צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

hûʾ-hāyâ gibbōr-ṣayid lipnê YHWH ʿal-kēn yēʾāmar kəNimrōd gibbôr ṣayid lipnê YHWH

Grammar Details

• *hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
• *hāyâ*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was
• *gibbōr-ṣayid*: masculine singular adjective/noun in construct with noun - mighty hunter
• *li-pnê*: preposition lə- + masculine plural noun in construct state - before/in the face of
• *YHWH*: proper divine name - YHWH/LORD
• *ʿal-kēn*: preposition ʿal + adverb - therefore
• *yēʾāmar*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it is said
• *kə-Nimrōd*: preposition kə- + proper noun - like Nimrod
• *gibbôr*: masculine singular adjective/noun - mighty one
• *ṣayid*: masculine singular noun - hunter/hunting

Word Meanings

• *gibbōr-ṣayid*: mighty hunter/powerful hunter
• *lipnê YHWH*: before YHWH/in opposition to YHWH/in YHWH's presence
• *yēʾāmar*: it is said/it will be said

Referenced Verses

• Gen 6:4 : 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
• Gen 6:11 : 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
• Gen 13:13 : 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
• Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
• Gen 27:30 : 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
• 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
• Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man that made{H8799)} not God his strength; but trusted{H8799)} in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened{H8799)} himself in his wickedness.
• Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
• Ezek 13:18 : 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
• Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.