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Genesis 11

Gn. 11:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, as they journeyed
naca` (Hebrew #5265)
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.
Pronounce: naw-sah'
Origin: a primitive root
from χthe east
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
, that they found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
a plain
biq`ah (Hebrew #1237)
properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains
KJV usage: plain, valley.
Pronounce: bik-aw'
Origin: from 1234
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Shinar
Shin`ar (Hebrew #8152)
Shinar, a plain in Babylonia
KJV usage: Shinar.
Pronounce: shin-awr'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
; and they dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
there.
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or, eastward.

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Shinar

Cross References

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from the east.
or, eastward.
Gn. 13:11• 11Entonces Lot escogió para sí toda la llanura del Jordán: y partióse Lot de Oriente, y apartáronse el uno del otro. (Gn. 13:11)
Shinar.
Gn. 11:9• 9Por esto fué llamado el nombre de ella Babel, porque allí confudió Jehová el lenguaje de toda la tierra, y desde allí los esparció sobre la faz de toda la tierra. (Gn. 11:9)
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Gn. 10:10• 10Y fué la cabecera de su reino Babel, y Erech, y Accad, y Calneh, en la tierra de Shinar. (Gn. 10:10)
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Gn. 14:1• 1Y aconteció en los días de Amraphel, rey de Shinar, Arioch, rey de Elazar, Chêdorlaomer, rey de Elá, y Tidal, rey de naciones, (Gn. 14:1)
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Is. 11:11• 11Asimismo acontecerá en aquel tiempo, que Jehová tornará á poner otra vez su mano para poseer las reliquias de su pueblo que fueron dejadas de Assur, y de Egipto, y de Parthia, y de Etiopía, y de Persia, y de Caldea, y de Amath, y de las Islas de la mar. (Is. 11:11)
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Dn. 1:2• 2Y el Señor entregó en sus manos á Joacim rey de Judá, y parte de los vasos de la casa de Dios, y trájolos á tierra de Sinar, á la casa de su dios: y metió los vasos en la casa del tesoro de su dios. (Dn. 1:2)
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Zac. 5:11• 11Y él me respondió: Para que le sea edificada casa en tierra de Shinar: y será asentado y puesto allá sobre su asiento. (Zac. 5:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass as they journeyed fromf the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "started for." Lit. "pulled up their tent-pegs."