Genesis 2:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשֵׁ֨ם הַנָּהָ֤ר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ חִדֶּ֔קֶל ה֥וּא הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ קִדְמַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר וְהַנָּהָ֥ר הָֽרְבִיעִ֖י ה֥וּא פְרָֽת׃

Transliteration

And-šēm hannāhār haššəlîšî ḥiddeqel hûʾ hahōlēḵ qiḏmaṯ ʾaššûr wə-hannāhār hārəḇîʿî hûʾ p̄ərāṯ

Grammar Details

*šēm*: noun, masculine, singular construct - name of
*hannāhār*: definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the river
*haššəlîšî*: definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the third
*ḥiddeqel*: proper noun - Hiddekel/Tigris
*hûʾ*: independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - it/that
*hahōlēḵ*: definite article + Qal participle, masculine, singular - the one going
*qiḏmaṯ*: noun, feminine, singular construct - east of
*ʾaššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
*wə-hannāhār*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - and the river
*hārəḇîʿî*: definite article + ordinal number, masculine, singular - the fourth
*p̄ərāṯ*: proper noun - Euphrates

Word Meanings

*ḥiddeqel*: Hiddekel/Tigris [proper name of river]
*hahōlēḵ*: flowing/going/running
*qiḏmaṯ*: east of/in front of
*ʾaššûr*: Assyria [proper name of land]
*p̄ərāṯ*: Euphrates [proper name of river]

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Dan 10:4 : 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
Gen 15:18 : 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Gen 25:18 : 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
Deut 1:7 : 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deut 11:24 : 24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Rev 9:14 : 14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Gen 10:11 : 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Gen 10:22 : 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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