Genesis 36:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הָיָ֧ה רְכוּשָׁ֛ם רָ֖ב מִשֶּׁ֣בֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו וְלֹ֨א יֽ͏ָכְלָ֜ה אֶ֤רֶץ מְגֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ לָשֵׂ֣את אֹתָ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֖י מִקְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

For-hāyāh rəkûšām rāb from-šebet together and-not yākelāh ʾereṣ məgûrêhem lāśēʾt them from-pənê miqnêhem

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hāyāh*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was
*rəkûšām*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their possessions
*rāb*: adjective, masculine singular - much/many/great
*mi-šebet*: preposition + infinitive construct - from dwelling
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yākelāh*: verb, qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - was able
*məgûrêhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their sojournings/dwelling places
*lāśēʾt*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to bear/support
*mi-pənê*: preposition compound - because of/from before
*miqnêhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their livestock

Word Meanings

*rəkûšām*: their possessions/property/goods
*rāb*: great/much/many/abundant
*šebet*: dwelling/sitting/remaining
*yākelāh*: was able/could/had capacity
*məgûrêhem*: their sojournings/dwelling places/residences
*lāśēʾt*: to bear/support/carry/sustain
*miqnêhem*: their livestock/cattle/possessions

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:6 : 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Gen 28:4 : 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Gen 13:11 : 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

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